The claim
"Two years ago, I said I wanted another 20,000 officers on the streets of our country and we've now got to almost half of the way there"
Original publisher’s rating
True, but those new officers should be seen in the context of the reduction in officer numbers since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.
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