These issues haven't arisen since the cuts imposed by Treasonous May. They have been around for at least 20 years.
The cuts don't help of course, but there is an indemic problem within the Police, which seems to indicate they don't se solving old fashioned crimes with real proper law abiding victims, as something they should care about too much.
I had a burglary in 2001.Called the Police, told them who did it and where to find my property they had stolen.
They weren't really interested, but to try and pacify me went and asked the blokes if they had done it.
Came back to me and said "they said it wasn't them".
I asked the copper "did you look to see if my property was where I said it would be?"
"No, that might have caused some upset or anger".
A lot of my respect for the British Bobby disappeared that day.