No - it's true. How many times have you heard (or had the experience) of someone going to the police about a so called 'minor' crime and been told
"Oh well, we'll take the details, but don't expect anything..."
No wonder people just let the minor crimes go unreported, there's no confidence anything will be done about them.
Even if the criminal is caught, they've only got to skip the Court, or worse case (for them) turn up, and get 4 hours community service and a day trip, or other reward.
I feel we've really dug ourselves into a hole with this 'softly, softly' approach. People have taken liberties and minor crime has almost become acceptable, and more serious crime has become more frequent.
Call me pessimistic, but could any of the political parties turn this round?