Strengthening Police In Numbers, But Not In Skill - UK Column News

Strengthening Police In Numbers, But Not In Skill
Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023
- Daily Mail: Suella Braverman axes requirement for all police officers to have degrees after backlash from chief constables
- IPLDP and Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP): Joining the Police: 
“This will be available to all forces from April 2024. For this entry route you will undertake a two-year training programme and, on successful completion of your probation, you will be confirmed in post as a police constable.”
- GOV.UK: National campaign to recruit 20,000 police officers launches today 
- GOV.UK: Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2023
“As at 31 March 2023, in England and Wales there were 53,080 female officers in post, accounting for 35.5% of officers, an increase on 35.1% as at 31 December 2022. This is the highest number and proportion of female officers in post since comparable records began. By comparison, as at 31 March 2019 (before the programme began) 31.7% of officers were female.”
- Police Superintendents' Association: PSA Publishes Annual Report for 2022–2023