It was just a few days ago that we found out that the military had stepped in to help manage the fuel shortage. The College of Policing is now hoping former service personnel, especially ones with military intelligence experience, will be taking on a new badge.

Conservative PCC Donna Jones said that the regional organized crime units (ROCUs) are suffering a shortage of specialist investigators. The military could very well help address these gaps.

“We know that serious organised crime gangs now operate in every city and all major towns across the country,” she explained during a press briefing.

“They no longer operate from warehouses, from back office-type hidden buildings, they are operating in residential streets in every city, and in most of the larger towns across the country,” she said of the threat.

The police would benefit greatly from people who have served in the military, especially those in the armed forces. These are the very people who could help address these threats in a more consistent and holistic manner.

But the move doesn’t seem to be that simple. Jones also admitted that internal staff may have a problem with turning to the military for help given that they have been working longer to move up the ranks.

“For the time to get the people through the food chain up to investigations, it will take too long, and we need the people in the roles doing that work now, because of the level of organised crime that currently exists in the country,” she said, noting that for many British citizens, these issues don’t really stand out.

She gave the examples of “multiple kidnappings happening across regions on a weekly basis” which end up not entering the radar of even the police.

Former soldiers with military intelligence could very well continue to make the country a safer place to live for its people.