Crime is the enemy
From the ONS Crime in England and Wales survey 2017:
"The latest CSEW estimate is 5.8 million incidents of crime in the year ending June 2017, a 9% reduction compared with the previous year. However, these headline estimates do not yet include fraud and computer misuse offences as these have not been included in the survey for the full two years needed to make annual comparisons. Including fraud and computer misuse, there were an estimated 10.8 million incidents of crime in the year ending June 2017."
Fraud and Computer misuse are almost FIFTY PERCENT of reported crime.
I'd also guess that the recent "scandal" about lack of police action against reported crime is almost certainly because the cyber crime is not only something that Crapshire County Police can't deal with but also something that no national police force can because its source is somewhere on the internet... probably somewhere where extradition isn't going to happen.
If you have ever actively worked a serious cyber attack, even working with proper LEO's, you will know that the chances of an arrest and prosecution are virtually ZERO. Some of the ones I have worked are very serious crimes too - not Facebook posts that hurt people's feelings.
Sending PC Plod on an IT course or giving him some SANS training isn't going to fix this. Utter waste of time and money.