Labour pledges 13,000 more community police officers

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Labour pledges 13,000 more community police officers

Yvette Cooper has explained her party’s plan to reverse cuts in police numbers with a “neighbourhood policing guarantee”. The shadow home secretary suggested cuts in neighbourhood policing had contributed to a rise in anti-social behaviour and knife crime. She said Labour would recruit 13,000 more neighbourhood police and police community support officers. www.bbc.co.uk

Yvette Cooper has explained her party’s plan to reverse cuts in police numbers with a “neighbourhood policing guarantee”.

The shadow home secretary suggested cuts in neighbourhood policing had contributed to a rise in anti-social behaviour and knife crime.

She said Labour would recruit 13,000 more neighbourhood police and police community support officers.

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