YOUR front page story Blind Eye to Crime (February 21), came as little surprise.
The public are too scared to report what they see for fear of recriminations. A lot of folk are so fed up with the light sentences imposed on guilty parties that they see no point in reporting suspicious activities, as the perpetrators of crime are soon out and about again doing their stuff.
Too much time is involved in form-filling and writing witness reports. Human rights causes are over the top and seem to favour the wrong-doer rather than the victim.
On top of that, the police are undermanned and underfunded due to the ineptness of this Government.
Perhaps Mr Cameron’s Big Society will do something for the increasing numbers of folk who, while struggling on a daily basis to survive, can see that crime does pay.
Adrian Taylor, Thames court, Eynsham
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