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Article: Mersey police force t o rocket in size to 9,000; Chief unveils radical plan to boost frontline officers Over 2,000 new recruits set to be drafted in Volunteers and part-timers to transform the service Police chief wants volunteers to increase 15-fold.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2005
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Byline: EXCLUSIVE BY DEBORAH JAMES Daily Post Staff
MERSEYSIDE Police is to undergo a major expansion that will see the force grow to more than 9,000 officers and staff.
Chief Constable Bernard Hogan-Howe wants to recruit 2,330 civilians under a new drive to free up uniformed officers' time.
Speaking a year since he started the job, he set out plans to recruit a 1,500-strong cohort of non-uniformed volunteers over the next five years.
They will perform a range of tasks from answering phones and staffing police station receptions, to helping with accounts and speed camera patrols.
The Government has already pledged funding to ...