Humberside Police to recruit 51 new officers
ÂŁ8m has been set aside by Humberside's Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable to fund them.
Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire's to get more patrolling police officers over the next five years.
Humberside's Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable have set aside ÂŁ8m to fund extra officers.
An extra 51 police officers will be recruited and will be spread across Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Bridlington and Hull.
Chief Constable, Justine Curran, told Viking:
“We have done a lot of work to identify exactly where these officers are most needed, according to the demand across the whole force area and the new officers will go directly to the neighbourhoods where they are most needed and where they will make the most difference.
“New police officers do of course take some time to recruit and train but we expect to see them in post and working with the community within the next six months.”
Humberside PCC, Keith Hunter, said:
“My job is to help residents get the best police service possible and ensure taxpayers’ money is spent wisely to do that. This is the first step in that process and I will be carefully monitoring the effect these new officers and PCSOs will have, and look for other opportunities in the future to add further value.
"This will be reviewed in light of future police funding settlements from central Government which are as yet unknown, but this is very much the beginning of a journey to provide an improved police presence for our residents.”