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in the metropolitan police for 20 years. wayne couzens had said in the met police. those massive scandals, these were essentially criminals in uniform. 0ther police officers elsewhere also found to have been breaking the law. and other scandals as well. andy cook is saying, trust is hanging by a thread, how do you rebuild trust? he believes the police need to get back to basics which means concentrating on core policing, neighbourhood policing, when somebody calls the police they should expect a good response, police should be investigating crimes. these may seem obvious but andy cook believes the british police forces have not been doing theirjob in this regard in recent years. you might say basic things. you might say the public rely on the police catching criminals and retaining trust. andy cook saying they have failed on both scores.
scandals and failings as well, so he says now is the time for really decisive action and in order to restore public confidence he says what the police have to do is get back to basics and focus on neighbourhood policing, responding to calls, dealing with crimes like burglaries which might seem like obvious stuff, core policing, but he says this is what they need to focus on now because he thinks they are being pulled in too many directions for example mental health. he thinks police officers should not be dealing with mental health crises, only in very extreme circumstances where there is a matter of life and death. so very strong words from him. also what he is saying is that he wants greater powers, he wants to be able to police the police better and basically be able to go in if a force is having problems and instruct forces how to behave and also, and this is controversial, he wants his inspectorate to have a role in appointing chief constables. june kelly, thank you.