Report: Brit cops serve gov't, not people.
LONDON, May 30 (UPI) -- A British think-tank reports the country's police are putting a greater priority on government goals than serving the public.
Think-tank Civitas said pressure from the British Home Office to meet law enforcement goals is causing police to seek prosecution in cases that previously would have been dismissed by officers, The Telegraph reported Friday.
"The police seem intent on criminalizing those whose offenses, if they can be regarded as of fences at all, are trivial," the report said.
The think-tank said the "trivial" matters prevent police from dealing with more serious issues reported by the public.
Robert Peel, who was the father of modern policing in UK, had this to say about the relationship between police and the public: The police are the public and the public are the police. When the police lose sight of this they have failed in their primary mission.
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