Educating and empowering the next generation of policing professionals

As police forces in England and Wales ramp up their recruitment programmes, concerns continue to be raised about the pressure to meet Home Office targets affecting the competence of new recruits; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth spoke to Alison Lyle, Senior Lecturer in Policing at Sheffield Hallam University, about their courses to educate and professionalise the next generation of police officers.