If assault, vandalism, burglary, property damage and other crimes that make people's lives a misery are not important enough to warrant police attention, can the police tell us the crimes that do take officers away from protecting the general public while they are going about their lawful business?
-Steve Salter, Poplar Avenue, Hove
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