Home Secretary tells police: 'Stop crying wolf'
Theresa May warned the Police Federation to stop "crying wolf" after it issued a raft of warnings about the impact of spending cuts.
Theresa May announces review into crime targets
The Home Secretary is to launch a major independent review into police crime and performance targets.
She wants to "bring transparency to where, how and why targets are being used, and analyse the impact of targets on police officers’ ability to fight crime".
She said: "Information is critical to management and scrutiny. But there is a world of difference between the proper use of data to manage performance and the improper use of arbitrary targets.
"A police force [was] allegedly so intent on meeting Home Office targets about car theft and burglary that it ignored hundreds of young girls being abused in Rotherham and Sheffield."
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