Community responders: A sensible solution to rural policing or an unacceptable ‘splicing’ of emergency services roles?

28th January 2019Tina Orr Munro - Contributing Editor, Policing Insight 4 Comments

How do you continue to effectively police a large rural force area when you’ve lost nearly 500 police officers in the last eight years? Devon and Cornwall Police believe they may have the answer with their new community responders - on-call firefighters who are also warranted police officers.

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Community responders: A sensible solution to rural policing or an unacceptable ‘splicing’ of emergency services roles?

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