Police Must Focus on Fighting Criminals, Not ‘Symbolic Gestures’: UK Home Secretary

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman leaves Downing Street following the first cabinet meeting after Prime Minister Liz Truss took office, in London, on Sept. 7, 2022. Carl Court/Getty Images

The police should focus on fighting real crimes rather than making “symbolic gestures,” the UK’s new home secretary has told police chiefs.

In an open letter dated Sept. 23, Suella Braverman said she was “dismayed by the perceived deterioration of public confidence in the police” and said that “culture and standards in the police have to change, particularly in London.”