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Andy Cooke
Reducing poverty and increasing opportunities are the “best way” to prevent crime in cities, a police chief has said.
Andy Cooke, marking his retirement as Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, said if he was given a £5 billion budget to cut crime, most of it would be spent on trying to tackle poverty.
Mr Cooke, who held his position for five years, said the solution to crime in inner cities is building community cohesion.
He told the Guardian: “The best crime prevention is increased opportunity and reduced poverty. That’s the best way to reduce crime. So there needs to be substantial funding into the infrastructure of our inner cities and our more deprived areas.
Fury as Merseyside police chief says most criminals are NOT bad people and he d rather pump billions into cutting poverty than upholding law (so tell that to victims of drug dealers, rapists and killers who terrorised Liverpool during his five years)
Andy Cooke said the solution to violent crime in inner cities is to reduce poverty
Today, critics said he should focus on doing his job and arresting criminals
Mr Cooke said if he had £5bn, he d spend £1bn on policing and £4bn on poverty
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