‘ Policing and justice is about people, ’ says shadow minister

Addressing the UNISON police and justice conference yesterday, shadow police minister Sarah Jones underlined the importance of police workforce planning in order to build a modern police force that has “the best mix of skills and talents to fight the changing nature of crime”. Ms Jones said: “When Labour was in government, the future of the police workforce, and how we plan for it, was a priority. Since the Tories came in, over a decade ago, the workforce planning all but disappeared under the austerity measures”. “A Labour government will re-establish workforce planning in the Home Office. We will look at the workforce in its entirety – police officers, police staff – and work to establish how the service needs to change over time to more effectively tackle crime. “Modern policing is about every role, and how we can better support you all, and improve the way you work together – to tackle the challenges of crime and policing now and in the future.” Crime Taking aim at the Conservative government, Ms Jones said: “We know that the Tories essentially gave up on fighting crime years ago. We have ministers trying to stoke culture wars to deflect from their failures to tackle crime and improve the police service. “Burglary, car theft and rape have effectively been decriminalised. “The services that prevent crime have been cut. The public expects that when they are a victim of crime, something will be done. Yet our country has a criminal justice system on...
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