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Hampshire And Isle of Wight Constabulary Successfully Recruits 600 More Police Officers

Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones has today (Wednesday) announced the force has reached its target to recruit 600 additional police officers.

The announcement comes following the government’s police uplift target which was launched in 2020 to recruit 20,000 extra police officers across the country by 2023.

The government set Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary a target of 498 additional officers. However PCC Donna Jones went one step further and pledged an extra 102 police officers, bringing the total target for the force to 600.

She said:

“I’m delighted to announce today the force has now surpassed the government’s target and recruited a net increase of 600 officers, which is over and above replacing those who leave or retire.

“It has been the largest recruitment drive the force has ever delivered.

“These extra 600 are the first step — another 50 will be recruited in the coming year — I want to go further, I want to get to one thousand quickly as we possibly can."

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