Burglaries involving unlocked doors and windows should not be investigated
It was recently revealed that around 20 per cent of burglaries in England and Wales from April 2005 to March 2015 involved access through unlocked doors and open windows. In response, one senior police officer suggested that forces should not help victims that had not secured their property correctly. Assistant Chief Constable Phil Kay, of Leicestershire Police, even compared victims of “preventable” break-ins to NHS patients who have been told they cannot be operated on because their body mass is...