Julian celebrates delivery of manifesto pledge to recruit 20,000 new police officers
May 4, 2023
Julian welcomes the news that the Conservative Party have kept their manifesto pledge to recruit 20,000 new police officers, including North Yorkshire Police adding 251 officers to its ranks.
Since the recruitment drive was launched in 2019, the 43 police forces across England and Wales have seen an additional 20,951 police officers recruited, delivering on the flagship manifesto commitment and putting a record number of officers into communities.
Getting extra police officers recruited across the country builds on the Government’s Beating Crime Plan and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act – reducing crime, protecting victims and making the country safer.
Many of these new officers have completed their training and are already out in our communities protecting the public, with many more well on the way to becoming fully fledged police officers, serving alongside their committed colleagues taking the fight to criminals.
