‘Jobs For The Boys’: Police Review Exposes Chronic Nepotism And Leadership Failures | David Woode

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"I looked at the report, hearing and reading about the woeful lack of investment in training and opportunities ... It creates perceptions of nepotism, cronyism and essentially ‘jobs for the boys.'" An eight-month inquiry by the Police Leadership Commission has delivered a scathing assessment of England and Wales's 43 separate forces, outlining a "postcode lottery" of promotions and institutional training deficits says The Times’s crime editor, David Woode. David Woode was speaking to Jane Garvey on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 2-4pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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