Labour to promise more neighbourhood police officers ‘like Catherine Cawood’

Yvette Cooper to cite BBC’s Happy Valley star in major policy speech on restoring community policing

Labour will pledge to restore thousands of community officers such as Happy Valley’s Catherine Cawood, saying the local knowledge to tackle antisocial behaviour, violence against women and gang culture has been lost under the Tories.

Citing the BBC character as an inspiration, Yvette Cooper will say the Conservatives have “walked away” from community policing and taken a “laissez-faire approach” to vetting and police recruitment.