A new recruitment drive to find 80 new police officers began today.Applicants have between now and October 23 to sign up to join Leicestershire Police.It is the first recruitment drive since 2014 due to falling numbers of police during years of falling budgets during the years of the Government's austerity policy.At its height, in 2009, there were more than 2,300 officers but that number has been dropping steadily since then.Read more: Leicestershire Police to recruit 120 new officers - here's...
