Comments by "iggle" (@iggle6448) on "How eco-lunacy crushed Sri Lanka | The spiked podcast" video.

This is what happens when police don't investigate actual (as opposed to virtual) crime and protect victims: victims's injuries are compounded by their dismissiveness and the dismissiveness of other agencies which always take sides with the police. Victims become subject to secondary victimisation and further crimes, their mental and physical health seriously suffers, they can lose their jobs, even their homes. Guess where that all leads? Simple: huge calls on the NHS and ancillary agencies, commensurate calls on the benefits system. And not only for victims: their families and friends become equally traumatised at the horrors of continual failures from public services and the sheer stress of supporting their traumatised relative. They too can find themselves in need of medical and other help. Thus, in the end, whether the police have 'resources' or not, resources have to be found from somewhere. This can cost £hundreds of thousands per victim over the years that they will need support and treatment for their criminal injuries compounded by brutal police failures. So, there needs to be a very serious debate about the failure of our police. Are we ok with this appalling state of affairs? Remember that only 6% of all recorded crimes ever get 'solved' or prosecuted - whilst millions of victims continue to suffer.
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