Unless there are sufficient officers to enforce the law, new legislation will have a limited effect – Abbott

Diane
Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding
to the Home Office consultation on tackling acid attacks, said:

“Unless
there are sufficient officers to enforce the law, new legislation will have a
limited effect.

“The truth is that offenders feel enabled to
commit these types of crime because they don’t fear being caught. If the Tories
were serious about cracking down on these horrendous crimes they’d match
Labour’s pledge to put 10,000 extra officers on our streets to protect
communities.”