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Lancashire’s Police Bleep in the Community provides guidance and inspiration to aspiring female recruits

SUBSCRIBE 28th June 2023Sgt Mussa Meman, Lancashire Police
With police forces in England and Wales facing challenges around building female representation in the service – particularly from seldom-heard communities – Sgt Mussa Meman and PC Nikki Nabi of Lancashire Police identified that the way the police fitness test was administered was leading to a disproportionate number of failures among female applicants, and created a new community focused approach that has significantly improved pass rates and helped to increase female representation within the force.

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