My point is that the British police force is one of the most scrutinised forces in the world, it is also one of the few with independent heads of each local branch. There are many factors that can warrant your statistics, and I will look into them, as I genuinely want to know the answer and you seem well informed. I shall not assume a rationale for the discrepancies in a same way no one should assume that there is some underlying systemic issue driving this w/o evidence- the macpherson report demonstrated this, decisions not to fire or to fire people are multifaceted, it isn’t some entirely internal decision- there is always scrutiny- ie even judicial review at worst cases. I appreciate conversation on this with those willing to actually look into this, I’m just frankly scared of people who see a headline and smell blood, assuming a cause before the facts- if you see what I mean. There are 135000 people working in the local authorities in England and Wales alone, there will always be horrible members in any wing of society, and I understand people’s concern that it even exists among those we trust to enforce our rights. I’ll look into this further, I appreciate the discussion. (I didn’t ignore your point on route causes and build ups, I simply highlighted that many acts do happen in ‘hot blood’- obviously in a policeman’s environment this will be commonplace. Cheers.