This terrible incident raises wider questions of what is going on with the police? My twelve year old son was held up by an older child with an imitation (we think!) firearm. The detective has time to call me regularly to ask how my child is doing, but fended off requests that he examine CCTV at the scene. Finally they've asked my son to make a statement and look at photos nearly three months after the event. I almost feel that the police wish I would encourage my son not to bother, and thereby save them further work.
