Local authority survey says 1-in-4 people are dissatisfied with police services

The Place Survey, a report produced out of a new consultation process that all local authorities are required to carry out on a two yearly basis, says that only one in four people are happy with their policing services. Most concern was expressed about binge-fuelled violence and anti-social behaviour.

The Place Survey was carried out by more than 300 councils which collected nearly 544,000 filled-in questionnaires. Three quarters believe the police have failed to get to grips with anti-social behaviour and drink-fuelled violence, accordnig to the survey.

The Place Survey also suggests that police forces and other public services are said to neither listen to what people say about crime and rowdiness nor do anything to stop it. The inquiry found only a quarter of respondents thought police were willing to listen when they complained about crime and disorder. The same proportion said they believed the police and other local services were dealing properly with drunken violence

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