ترجمۀ پیشرفته (۲) – متن شمارۀ ۳

ترجمۀ پیشرفته (۲) – متن شمارۀ ۳

یکشنبه، ۲ آبان ۹۵

A senior police officer has been criticised for suggesting some burglaries should not be investigated if doors and windows have been left open.

Phil Kay, assistant chief constable of Leicestershire police, said he would far rather officers focus on preventing crime and protecting the public than investigate break-ins where carelessness may have played a role. The senior officer posed the question while discussing a high rate of burglaries at properties occupied by students at Loughborough University. In order to get students to “take notice”, Kay suggested police could employ similar methods to NHS services when providing treatment for the clinically obese. “What the National Health Service will say is ‘we are not going to operate on you because your body mass is too high’. They have not helped themselves to prevent an illness,” he told the Loughborough Echo. “Yet if people leave doors or windows open there is an expectation the police will investigate.

“I would far rather my officers were spending their time preventing crime, protecting the public and focusing on other stuff than things that are preventable.”

Under a long-running operation Leicestershire police have attempted to tackle the problem by raising awareness among students.

MP Andrew Bridgen, who represents north-west Leicestershire, said: “I would like to hope that the force are putting this out there as a way of reminding the public of the importance of not leaving doors or windows open.

“But it is their job to detect and investigate such crimes, not to penalise law-abiding citizens who may have made a mistake.”