Police drive to recruit volunteers is 'a recipe for disaster'

(DailyMail.com)- A national drive to recruit thousands of volunteers to fill key police roles was branded a ‘recipe for disaster’ last night.

Chief constables are spending £600,000 on drumming up an army of free labour to carry out scores of specialist roles.

Among the posts are jobs supporting elderly crime victims, monitoring CCTV networks, undertaking mounted patrols and even hostage negotiation.

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