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Police may no longer attend burglaries ~!~ The public should not expect to see a police officer after crimes such as burglary, the head of the new National Police Chiefs Council has said// ~!~ Sara Thornton told the BBC*s Victoria Derbyshire budget cuts and the changing nature of criminality meant police in England and Wales had to prioritise// She said it **could be** that if an iPad was stolen from a home an officer would not come round to investigate//(ukcanadaus)

There had to be a **conversation with the public** over priorities, she added// 

~!~ Ms Thornton has said that forces need radical reform if they are to survive budget cuts// **Crime is changing in this country, she said// **There are a lot less burglaries than there used to be, a lot less car crime, but the sorts of crimes that are on the increase sexual offences, concerns about terrorism, cyber crime that*s where we really need to focus//(ukcanadaus) 

 ~!~ **We need to move from reacting to some of those traditional crimes to think about focusing on threat and harm and risk and protecting the public// **If we*re really serious about putting a lot of effort into protecting children, for example, it might mean if you*ve had a burglary, for example, and the burglar has fled, we won*t get there as quickly as we have in the past// **Of course, we will still want to gather evidence, but we might do it in different ways//**(ukcanadaus)