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January 2014

Gloucestershire ready to recruit again

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Following the closure of drive to recruit officers in 2010 due to budget cuts, Gloucestershire Police have announced that they are to recruit 24 new officers to the force over the next year.

Mass redundancies in Dyfed-Powys Police restructuring

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Having announced that the force is the undergo a restructuring process, it has emerged that this could involve job losses for up to 118 people.

Further cuts at West Midlands Police halts recruitment drive

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Following the announcement of a £25m funding cut it April, West Midlands Police have announced that the drive to recruit 450 new police officers will be put on hold.

Northumbria to axe 400 jobs in budget cuts

Thursday, 9 January 2014

It has been revealed that 400 jobs are to be cut from Northumbria Police in the latest round of budget cuts, the force has been ordered to save £46m which would be met by the dismissal of staff.

Petition to end £1,000 fee for mandatory policing qualification

Monday, 20 January 2014

Siobhain McDonagh, MP for Mitcham and Morden has recently spoke out against the cost of obtaining the Certificate in Knowledge of Policing, a mandatory requirement for anybody making an application to a police force.

Go ahead for recruitment drive - despite Staffordshire Police's £4,000,000 budget cut

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

After reducing its current operating budget by £4,000,000, Staffordshire still intends to continue its recruitment drive to obtain 42 new police officers.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister calls for ammendments to Chief Constable application criteria

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Currently, in order to apply for the role of Northern Ireland's Chief Constable you must have served at assistant chief constable level for a minimum of two years.

West Yorkshire to recruit 1,000 Special Constables, despite £154m cut

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Despite the cut, West Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns is looking to develop and improve the efficacy of frontline policing operations, with a new recruitment drive and the introduction of new victim's code.