Labour: recruit police from fields such as business fraud to solve crimes

Party says recruits with relevant skills could help tackle government’s ‘abysmal’ record on unsolved crimes

Directly recruiting new police detectives from parallel fields such as business fraud investigation could help tackle the government’s “abysmal” record on unsolved crimes, according to a proposal from Labour.

Analysis by the party found that 90% of recorded crimes do not get solved and there has been a 60% reduction in the proportion of offences that result in a criminal charge since 2015.

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