Police chief suggests non-English speaking victims of crime will be given priority with white middle class men at the bottom of the list

‘A senior police officer at the Metropolitan Police has said victims of crime who don’t speak English could be prioritised more during call outs.
Craig Mackey, deputy commissioner for the force, said the Met could decide who receives a face to face visit from the police depending how ‘vulnerable’ they are.
He added the method was an ‘absolutely feasible’ way to help the force cope following cuts to funding.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, he said: ‘It’s absolutely feasible as we go forward that if my neighbour is a vulnerable elderly person who has experienced a particular type of crime, that she gets a face-to-face service that I don’t get. So we triage things… we assess people’s vulnerability.’
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