Policing and Crime — Recruit More Officers — Neighbourhood Policing — 29 Jan 2020 at 15:47

The majority of MPs voted not to call on the Government to both recruit 2,000 more frontline police officers than they plan and re-establish neighbourhood policing.

The motion rejected in this vote stated:

• That this House
• notes that since 2010 police officer numbers have been reduced by almost 21,000;
• further notes that some violent crime, including knife crime, has risen to record levels;
• notes that youth services, including early intervention, have been decimated by a decade of austerity;
• notes that prosecution rates have fallen sharply;
• notes that on current plans many police forces will still be left with fewer officers than in 2010; and
• therefore calls on the Government to recruit 2,000 more frontline police officers than they plan and re-establish neighbourhood policing.

Debate in Parliament |