I seriously think that a lot of it is down to resources, and rsholes phoning 999 because their kid wouldn't eat his tea, being just one of the stupid 999 calls they get.
I support the plod all the time, and report anything I know/see etc but reactions vary enormously, not hard to see why though.
Norfolk has 832,000 people(last years count), but in november last year for a 3 day period the police had 3, yes THREE police persons to cover the whole county, expect they burglars were busy those days!!
tabetha