We ask Birmingham residents about their views on the current state of the criminal justice system. Is it fulfilling its role in protecting those most vulnerable, or does it need serious reform? What changes do locals think are necessary to create a fairer and more effective justice system?
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00:00Oh, that's a difficult one.
00:01I feel like there's so many parts to this answer.
00:04I think there's definitely more that can be done.
00:08Maybe towards the end of petty crime, like thefts,
00:12I think we're seeing the rise of that.
00:13Maybe the rise of, like, antisocial behaviour
00:15and people having their houses broken into.
00:19But then there's only so many police officers.
00:22It's not fair as well.
00:23There's not a lot being done, is there, really?
00:25I mean, the police are under... overworked,
00:27and they're underpaid.
00:29They ain't got their resources.
00:31The streets aren't safe at the moment at all.
00:34You know, you've got the kids running around with the knife crime
00:36and everything else and the antisocial behaviour.
00:38And then the police, it seems like it's too much paperwork for them.
00:42It's always going to be an uproar about that.
00:46Hey, look, we've lost a lot of police, haven't we?
00:51Whenever you... If you want them, they're never there, really.
00:54Although they're there when you don't want them,
00:55so that's all I can say. Yeah.