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Election fact check: Tackling the yobs

PUBLISHED April 20, 2005
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All three political parties say that increasing the number of police is the key to fighting crime.

The Liberal Democrats want 10,000 more police officers over the life of the next Parliament, Labour wants 25,000 more community support officers, and the Conservatives want 40,000 more police.
But do more police actually cut crime?

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