Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid a visit to Northamptonshire at the end of September where he met with Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold, Deputy Chief Constable Simon Nickless and Assistant Chief Constable Simon Blatchly to discuss policing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his visit to Northamptonshire Police Force Headquarters
The Prime Minister’s visit was on the back of the Force’s success in recruiting new officers and he met a group of new recruits before seeing the new fleet of Police Interceptor cars which hit the road in September.
Stephen Mold said: “It was great the Prime Minister acknowledged how well we are doing with recruitment and that the Force has pushed ahead with numbers, so we are well on the way to meeting our targets.
“We had already pledged to recruit an additional 83 police officers using our local council tax funding and we were very fortunate to benefit from more than 190 extra officers funded through the Government’s uplift programme. This will take the Force to more than 1,500 officers by 2023 and make it the largest it has ever been.”
Mr Mold also took the opportunity to ask the Prime Minister to consider making domestic violence a key local priority.
“I told Mr Johnson that not one body has overall responsibility for domestic violence and asked him to look at how we can ensure the work done to support victims and deter offenders is properly coordinated across the country.”
Source: www.northantspfcc.org.uk/newsletters/
