Thames Valley Police aim for army of volunteers icBerkshire - , 3 Fegb 2005

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AN ARMY of volunteers will man small, police outposts across the Reading area under a scheme by Thames Valley Chief Constable Peter Neyroud to put his officers back at the heart of the community.
Mr Neyroud has already overseen a dramatic increase in the number of civilian volunteers - from 100 to 400 -- in the Thames Valley since he took charge in 2002 and he plans to increase that figure to 1,000.
They will be trained to do a range of backroom and front-office desk jobs - running stations, handling lost property and paperwork and leaving police officers free to patrol the frontline."