Devon Cornwall Arvostelua 

Me and my gf had a one night stay at Newquay police station and I have to say it was brilliant they were very polite and because of my chlaisraphobia they left the hatch down so I could see out and they gave me a football I. My state of the art criminal suite the adhere to all my needs and we’re top notch I would highly recommend a visit they let me spend 3hours on the phone to my mum and it was great the only downsides were I wasn’t allowed to leave when I wanted and the food isn’t great also they are really fit girls working in there would totally recommend getting arrested in Newquay beats Charles cross anyday

There is a known problem of speeding drivers on Dartmoor, responsible for the deaths of ponies and cattle. Yesterday a nutcase driver was speeding all over the moor sounding his horn. You would think Devon and Cornwall police would want to know this quickly and act on it? Oh no.
Call Dartmoor Authority - no answer at all.
Call 101 - all callers are forced to listen to neverending drivel, spoken ever so s l o w l y, 4 options here, 6 options there. Reporting "hate crimes" is a quicker option than reporting real and current danger to life. Then, after valuable wasted time listening to this rubbish, you eventually get through to a human being. She had to put me through to yet another person. By this time the offending driver is miles away. After even more valuable time was wasted as this agent wouldn't just pass on the description of my location, all she said was she would "circulate the details to officers". What does that mean? Officers on the moor? Officers sitting behind a desk? Circulate as in a report at the end of the day when it's all too late? Are officers going to actually get it now and keep a look out NOW? I asked her this twice but she just kept repeating the same meaningless sentence. I never got a clear answer from her.

When I told her how awful the 101 system was and how long it took me to get through to her, there was no sense of "oh no, that's not right, let me escalate your complaint so we can improve this", she just said "that's the way the system is set up". For crying out loud...

Is Devon and Cornwall Police's strategy to make it as hard as possible for people to report crime, so their crime numbers are lower, is that it?

I reported a theft by Hermes couriers to IRC Devon and Cornwall Police. The initial officer conducting triage on online reports was a human being: empathic and with her heart in the right place concerning the pursuit of justice. Once the complaint reached the IRC team it was stopped. D and C police decided to settle for Hermes' 'it's lost' explanation, even though the item (value the best part of £1000) was in the possession of the Hermes driver and listed as 'not delivered, damaged' and thus viable lines of enquiry were possible.

If you check Hermes reviews it becomes obvious that there is widespread theft of property entrusted to that courier across the UK and Europe. Property doesn't fall down a big hole somewhere. It is stolen by Hermes staff. Sadly, Devon and Cornwall Police (and presumably the Chief Constable of that force) are content to turn a blind eye to widespread theft and, by extension, massive, annual insurance fraud.

When the Police become administrators more interested in statistics and clearing their desks than the pursuit of justice then we are well on our way to a society founded on profit and self-interest, not one founded on care for fellow citizens.