As new figures revealed that the Metropolitan Police is failing to reach its target for recruiting new officers, despite a large increase in its advertising budget, Caroline Pidgeon said:
“These figures certainly do bring into question whether or not current recruitment advertising methods are delivering value for money… The situation also reflects the fact that there is clearly a massive need to rehabilitate the image of the Met as a positive career choice to potential recruits given the outcomes of the Baroness Casey Review and all the events that preceded it.”
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