This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Recruit and deploy more front line Police Officers. Nationally

There are too few front line officers. Reported crimes sometimes get nothing but a crime ref number as there are no officers to attend. The thin blue line is getting stretched too far.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/220398

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