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Tories' crackdown on crime – by typing
A Conservative Government would crack down hard on crime – by teaching police officers to type.
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Oliver Letwin, the Shadow Home Secretary, said teaching officers to touch-type would be a valuable weapon in the fight against lawlessness and disorder. He said producing crime reports more quickly would give officers extra time to pound the beat and catch criminals.
Mr Letwin also announced that a Conservative government would seek to recruit an extra 40,000 officers.
He said fighting crime was not just more bobbies on the beat – they also needed to be able to type quickly.
Mr Letwin said there was too much two-finger typing in the police. He told Police Review magazine: "I am regularly told by officers that they are tapping away with two fingers at hours' worth of reports.
"I personally learnt to touch- type at home using a Pitman book, and there are many ways to learn how to do it. It would be a good investment to pay for police officers to learn how to type."
Government research shows officers spend 17 per cent of their time on patrol and 43 per cent on administrative duties. A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We are committed to reducing police bureaucracy and freeing up police officers' time."
14 March 2003
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/Vie...ID=293502&Page=1&ReturnUrl=NewsFrontMore.aspx
Tories' crackdown on crime – by typing
A Conservative Government would crack down hard on crime – by teaching police officers to type.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oliver Letwin, the Shadow Home Secretary, said teaching officers to touch-type would be a valuable weapon in the fight against lawlessness and disorder. He said producing crime reports more quickly would give officers extra time to pound the beat and catch criminals.
Mr Letwin also announced that a Conservative government would seek to recruit an extra 40,000 officers.
He said fighting crime was not just more bobbies on the beat – they also needed to be able to type quickly.
Mr Letwin said there was too much two-finger typing in the police. He told Police Review magazine: "I am regularly told by officers that they are tapping away with two fingers at hours' worth of reports.
"I personally learnt to touch- type at home using a Pitman book, and there are many ways to learn how to do it. It would be a good investment to pay for police officers to learn how to type."
Government research shows officers spend 17 per cent of their time on patrol and 43 per cent on administrative duties. A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We are committed to reducing police bureaucracy and freeing up police officers' time."
14 March 2003
