Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
The West Mids Police seems to have arrested a far higher % of rioters than their colleagues in The Met. last count was 150 ish in the Mids and 500 odd in London, but there's been 20 or 30 times the trouble in London.

There were rumours of planned trouble in Leicester tonight, but so far it's quiet Apparantly the Police blocked all entrances to the City Centre and main shopping centres at around 4PM, it looks like it was effective

Just as I finished typing this, the news has said that Police in Leicester are tackling a small group of youths in the City centre
A problem with making arrests is that it usually takes at least two officers off the street for maybe a couple of hours. Thus its a balance which has to be struck.

In 1985 in the Broadwater Farm Riots we arrested around 300 in the days after the riot. On the night there were just a few arrests. Also its easier and less confrontational to arrest after the event.