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Graduate police recruits won't commit to working unsociable hours and are unwilling to face the violence that the job entails, Nick Adderley of Northamptonshire Constabulary says.
Police chief warns graduates lack ‘life experience’ and ‘hardiness’ to cope with the front line Forces in danger of having a disproportionate and unbalanced mix of inexperienced recruits at time when officers face increasing violence 17 May 2021 • 5:25pm Nick Adderley (pictured) told Police Oracle he had had to tell new recruits that 'this is not an extension of university' Graduate-only entry to the police risks an influx of recruits who lack the “life experience” and “hardiness” to cope with the increasing violence that frontline officers face, a chief constable has warned...
Police chief said 14 in January...now the total is just six Tuesday, 4th May 2021, 10:58 am The number of £10,000 fines issued by Northamptonshire Police during the Covid-19 pandemic is now down to just SIX — eight fewer than was being claimed earlier this year. Latest figures from the National Police Chiefs Council revealed six mega-fines for gatherings of 30-plus people in the county up to April 18. That is three fewer than nine reported by the NPCC last month — and eight down on the 14 Chief Constable Nick Adderley said had been issued by mid-January. Former solicitor general Harriet...
Covid-19: MP claims 'outrage' at dropped charge for 150-guest funeral Published image copyrightTravllers News UK image captionThe funeral included a procession in Kettering, with officers deployed and road blocks put in place, Northamptonshire Police said An MP has highlighted "widespread outrage" over the failure to prosecute anyone over a funeral allegedly attended by up to 150 mourners. The event took place at a church in Kettering, Northamptonshire, during the second lockdown in November. A man was charged with a breach of Covid rules, but the case was this week dropped due to lack of ev...