Reducing bureaucracy in Police

I have the opinion that actually reducing needless bureaucracy and changing things so Officers don’t cover constant watches or sit on 136’s for whole shifts would have more immediate benefit than hiring X amount more Officers/PCSO’s.

I’ve noticed that quite a few Officers trying to avoid arresting unless obviously necessary because of the grief that custody/paperwork has become. A simple shoplift arrest can turn into a constant/hospital guard and tuck up for the rest of shift. Hospital guards I get would need to be covered by PCs but if Officers knew they could just ‘dump and leave’ at custody, I feel it would have way better outcomes for victims, reduce square ups and actually encourage Officers to be proactive.

Same with sectioning. If officers knew they could section someone and they could just drop them off (like the policy is meant to work) you’d have better outcomes for the patient.