More than 15,000 Uplift officers recruited thanks to September surge

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ACC calling for change to under 18s strip search policy - ACC Chris Todd intends to 'go further' than the current policy by recommending that strip searches are not carried out on a young person 'unless there is an appropriate adult present'.

'Significant problems' with PACE reviews of detention says HMIC - HMICFRS said the rising custody throughput in GMP which is creating extra demand is down to the force's 'strategic priority to tackle crime and increase arrests'.

Stop and search proposal in Public Order Bill heavily defeated - Peers also back restrictions on the use of protest banning orders, and stripped out completely a provision that would have allowed the sanction to be imposed against people who had not been convicted of any offence.

Racial disparity in decisions to prosecute - The Crown Prosecution Service has today published research which has found that Black and minority ethnic defendants are significantly more likely to be charged for a comparable offence than white British defendants in England and Wales.

More than 15,000 Uplift officers recruited thanks to September surge

The latest Home Office figures also showed that there are now more than 50,000 female police officers in forces across England and Wales.

Date - 26th October 2022
By - Cash Boyle

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An extra 1,564 Uplift officers have been recruited over the last three months, according to Home Office figures which also revealed that women now make up 35% of the overall workforce. The latest provisional data confirmed that a total of 15,343...

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