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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/police-forces-freeze-recruitment.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Shadow home secretary Ed Balls said most police forces are no longer recruiting" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-police-forces-freeze-recruitment.jpg" alt="Shadow home secretary Ed Balls said most police forces are no longer recruiting"/></a></p>
<p>Almost every police force in England and Wales has stopped recruiting officers as they seek to cope with deep spending cuts, according to research by Labour.</p>
<p>A survey of police recruitment websites and hotlines showed that 42 of the 43 police forces had shut their doors to new recruits, shadow home secretary Ed Balls said.</p>
<p>Several police forces state on their websites that the recruitment freeze is a direct result of the comprehensive spending review, which outlined cuts in police funding from central government of 20% over four years.</p>
<p>Only Surrey continues to advertise for Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs).</p>
<p>Labour raised concerns that police officers who retired or resigned &#8211; usually about 6,000 a year &#8211; would not be replaced.</p>
<p>Mr Balls said: &#8220;This is an early sign that the spending review will hit frontline policing hard. Around 6,000 police officers retire or resign each year, but if deep cuts mean they can&#8217;t be replaced with new recruits then I fear we&#8217;re going to see the thin blue line stretched to breaking point.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Home Secretary&#8217;s claims that the cuts will not affect frontline policing are becoming more laughable by the day.&#8221;</p>
<p>Policing Minister Nick Herbert claimed there was no link between police numbers and crime levels &#8211; a remark Labour described as &#8220;astonishing&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think that any respectable academic would make a simple link between the increase in the numbers of police officers and what&#8217;s happened in crime,&#8221; Mr Herbert told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s The World This Weekend. &#8220;There&#8217;s no such link.&#8221;</p>
<p>The minister later insisted it was possible to reduce spending on police while still maintaining visibility on the streets. Aides stressed that moves to scrap stop-and-account forms, change stop-and-search forms and give officers more discretion over charging would save police time.</p>
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