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Worsening NHS ambulance crisis sees 'gun cops sent to patients suffering heart attacks'

The growing crisis in NHS ambulance services has seen cops in armed response vehicles attend to patients having heart attacks because no paramedics are available, according to a police chief

Daily Mirror · Aug 9, 2022

Armed police sent to heart attack patients as crisis-hit NHS buckles under surging demand

Exclusive: Officers becoming ‘first, last and only resort’ due to NHS staffing shortage, warns watchdog

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022

Regaining public trust is ‘number one’ priority for Met – watchdog

Chief inspector of constabulary Andy Cooke said: ‘We all know that there is a lot of work to be done.’

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Don’t let people off if they steal food in desperation, minister tells police

Kit Malthouse says police watchdog’s suggestion that cost of living will trigger more crime is ‘old-fashioned’

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022

Minister rejects chief inspector’s call for police to use ‘discretion’ with desperate shoplifters

Kit Malthouse argues ‘the law should be blind and police officers should operate without fear of favour’

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Police should use 'discretion' on shoplifters amid cost of living crisis

Andy Cooke, HM chief inspector of constabulary, said petty crime fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis would pose a challenge for policing as more people fall into poverty

Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022

Police should use 'discretion' over prosecuting people stealing to eat in cost of living crisis, says top cop boss

Andy Cooke said he expects to see a rise in petty crime

Manchester Evening News · May 19, 2022

Police told they should let some shoplifters off if they are desperate

"I think whenever you see an increase in the cost of living or whenever you see more people dropping into poverty, I think you’ll invariably see a rise in crime."

Wales Online · May 19, 2022

Police should use ‘discretion’ if cost-of-living crisis fuels rise in crime, police watchdog warns

Rising prices will ‘be challenge for policing to deal with’, Andy Cooke warns

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Police should use discretion over desperate shoplifters – HM inspector

The new HM chief inspector of constabulary, Andy Cooke, spoke with The Guardian newspaper.

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022