Law enforcement recruitment agencies would be aware of a recent report about North Yorkshire police officers. It showed that many of these officers are now getting second jobs.

A strange fact but one that demonstrates a sign of the times, is that no police officer is allowed to have secondary jobs without the permission of the Chief Constable. The revelations that 185 Police officers have been granted permission, represents about 10% of the North Yorkshire police force.

There were certain assurances made by the force’s head of professional standards, stating that the force has a strict policy on secondary jobs and the requests are scrutinised to make sure that the officer can always work at there full potential as an officer and there can be absolutely no conflict of interest.

This report is unsurprising in the current climate and I can only presume that these numbers of officers or in fact any public worker having a secondary job, will only increase.