With fewer staff and new kinds of work,policing will possess to become more specialised - and qualifications will relieve
When I joined the police force as a constable in south London 35 years ago, policing wasn’t that different to the job my grandfather and great-grandfather had done. Bravery earned the respect of colleagues, and the copper on the beat was the linchpin of the service and I never saw anyone consume a computer.
like a flash forward to 2015 and policing looks very different. Recorded crime has fallen,but a shrinking workforce is dealing with unprecedented demand. Much of the growing workload is not just solving crime, but public protection – dealing with domestic abuse, and monitoring high-risk violent criminals or sex offenders and vulnerable children,and being vigilant against the threat of terrorism.
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Source: theguardian.com