Resource demands from protests highlight urgent need for a national police workforce plan.
Following the policing priorities inquiry, we concluded that it was no longer sufficient for individual police forces to design their own workforce plans and recommended that the Home Office set out and implement a national workforce strategy that addresses officer and staff numbers and skills. The resource demands of the …
Government response. The government states it continues to work with forces to maintain officer numbers and supports individual forces in developing their own workforce plans. It is working with national policing partners to develop longer-term plans but does not explicitly commit to …
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