Home Office written question – answered at on 27 February 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance and training her Department provides to police forces on recording and investigating cases of pet theft.
The Government understands the distress that can be caused by the theft of a pet. We expect the police to record these crimes when they are reported to them so that they can determine how best to investigate. The National Crime Recording Standard and Home Office Counting Rules set out guidance that forces should adhere to when recording crimes. Each force has a crime registrar to oversee their crime recording. Registrars are trained and accredited for this role by the College of Policing. It must, however, be for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives, to decide how best to deploy resources to manage and respond to individual crimes and local crime priorities.
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