simon bailey said police forces should focus on the most dangerous paedophiles.editor mark easton. saying the unsayable, the chief constable who believes paedophiles who view images of child sexual abuse should not necessarily be prosecuted. simon bailey argues, with resources stretched, those deemed to pose a very low—risk of physically abusing children might simply be arrested, monitored and rehabilitated rather than take it to court. we are arresting 400 men every month for viewing indecent imagery of children. we are safeguarding 500 children every single month, but we are dealing with the tip of the iceberg. the public will say it's not robust enough. if this is the tip of the iceberg, let's get the iceberg? right, but i can't... i don't have the resources to get the whole of the iceberg. what i'm advocating is a proposal that still manages the risk, but it's targeted. police chiefs fear new and historical child abuse cases threaten to overwhelm them. 70,000 investigations in a single year, an estimated annual policing cost of £1 billion and even then just t

earlier this week we had simon bailey the chief constable of norfolk, asking for a different way of dealing. immediately he gets shouted down by politicians and the home office. that doesn't really help public understanding. we need an honest conversation with the public that say that the police are doing a good job, when you compare it to policing around the world. if you want the police to do more and you're not freepd give the police more money because that is going into the nhs and social care, then the police are going to have to deal with things in a different way. i think it's also misleading to call it downgrading. every day the police have tos are being assess and prioritise. if a murder happens today some 999 calls will get downgraded as the police concentrate on the murder. it is what happens in policing an the health service. the police on the whole are good about that. this report doesn't come forward with suggestions about what the police can stop doing, how the police could act ina can stop doing, how the police could act in a different way, and how absolutely police need to

do things differently and what would disappoint a lot of police officers is earlier this week, simon baileyke it easierfor police to rights of some criminals to make it easier for police to catch them. we spoke to him on breakfast actually. you talk about risk assessments, there are a3 police forces not doing there are a3 police forces not doing the basics. if you are watching the programme this morning and then, they aren't even doing the basics, it isa they aren't even doing the basics, it is a worrying message?” they aren't even doing the basics, it is a worrying message? i don't think so, sometimes you have serious things to deal with, there are basic processes you need to do in a different way which has to happen. but it does not going to say they are dealing with serious things, they are not doing the basics. the report can be misleading, you have to say, how is british policing doing, it is doing mcniff cine when you look at the cuts it has taken, public confidence has held up, there is no wider crisis —— it is doing well. when other services are being cut, at the same time, they hav