Braverman wants to cut out ‘red tape’ policing
POLICE forces “must be open” to people who “do not have a degree or want one”, the Home Secretary declared yesterday, as she called for a focus on “common-sense policing”.
Suella Braverman vowed to take “scissors to red tape” to cut down on bureaucracy in policing, when she spoke to crime chiefs at a summit in Westminster, telling them officers should not be facing “politically correct” distractions and to embrace a “back-to-basics approach”.
To a smattering of applause, Ms Braverman announced plans for the College of Policing to review entry routes for officers without a degree in order to attract recruits “of the highest calibre” and the extension of an existing recruitment scheme.
The Home Secretary added: “Our police force must be open to those who do not have a degree or want one.”
Reviving her crusade against what she terms “woke policing”, Ms Braverman told the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APPC) annual conference that the public want officers fighting crime, not “debating gender on Twitter”.
Ms Braverman told police chiefs that excellence should “come as standard”, adding that she was “deeply concerned about the levels of homicide” and wanted to see homicide rates cut by a previously mooted target of 20% as well as “more fraudsters caught and brought to justice”.