Could the police have lost touch? Detailing the evolution of the success rate in investigations, both for the police and the gendarmerie, the Statistical Service of the Minister for Homeland Security (SSMI) confirms that in 2019 (the whole year past, excluding Covid), the services did not manage to find more after a year of investigations than 72% of homicides, compared to 78% last year.
However, it is easier to identify a suspect in a murder case than in a burglary, where the perpetrator and victim generally do not know each other. The success rate for these intrusions at home or anywhere remains abysmally low at just 8%. Or 92% failure. It’s worse than the OQTFs, these orders to deport illegal immigrants are nearly impossible to enforce and are so much talked about with the failure to deport little Lola’s alleged killer.
In public security units (police…
Source: Le Figaro
