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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Which would have to be crimes that the public want tackled.
If a commissioner spent his time getting the police to tackle crime that the public didn't particularly care about, and ignoring the crimes that the public do want something done about, then do you think the public will keep him in?
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Exactly my point. Depending on the areas in question, this could lead to the police ignoring crime in large sections of society just because the public don't know and don't care. Then when a young girl is murdered and the media get hold of it, the police will throw resources at it like there is no tommorrow.
For instance, the son of one of my mum's friends was murdered on his way home from the pub. Because it happened in an extremely rich area (even though it was 12 years ago now, the average house price was over £2milli on) , it was not reported in the local newspapers. The police caught the murderer, could not get a reliable conviction for Murder, so charged the criminal with ABH. In that case, it did not get reported in the local paper as the local populace didn't want the fuss of a crime on their doorstep. It is this sort of crime that I think a commissioner would not throw resources into. Our local police did, and the perpetrator is still (AFAIK) behind bars.