Labour pledge to give every household their own dedicated copper to restore trust in police

EVERY household in need should be able to contact a dedicated copper that they know, Labour say.

They hope the move will help to restore the public’s trust in policing.

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will tomorrow reveal plans to assist forces UK-wide in filling 7,000 vacancies.

It is part of Labour’s pledge that all local areas will have a named, contactable cop or community support officer.

People will know their beat bobby under a new “policing guarantee”.

Half of the population say they never see a bobby on the beat.

Ms Cooper said: “The Tories have decimated neighbourhood policing so half the country now say they never see a bobby on the beat.

“No wonder confidence in policing has plummeted.

“Everyone should have a named, contactable police officer for their area who they can get in touch with when things go wrong.”

Labour stats show a 60 per cent fall in charge rates.

They accused the Tories of letting up to nine in ten criminals walk free as the number of people being charged has plummeted.