Some police forces 'given up investigating' certain crimes
Some crimes are being ignored by some police forces because they have "given up investigating them", a watchdog has warned.
A report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) found there was a "mindset" among some forces of doing "little or nothing more than recording a crime without taking further action".
The watchdog claimed offences such as criminal damage or vehicle crime are "on the verge of being decriminalised" as some forces have given up investigating them.
