City of London Police admitted that front-line officers do not have the training they need to tackle fraud. It told us that “The constable on the ground will know very little 22 Public Accounts Committee, Sixth Report of Session 2017–19, The growing threat from online fraud, HC 399 23 Q 37 24 Qq 32–33, 36, 46, 115 25 Qq 22, 30 26 Q 123 27 Public Accounts Committee, Fifteenth Report of Session 2022–23, The Police Uplift Programme, HC-261 28 Qq 36–38, 53; Justice Committee, Fourth Report of Session 2022–23, Fraud and the Justice System, HC 12 Progress combatting fraud 13 about fraud. They probably will not know about the national lead force status and, if they do, they will know very little about it. They definitely need more training”.29 It accepted that this can cause issues for police morale because officers don’t have the education and training they need to keep pace with such a fast-changing world. It also told us there were issues with the recruitment and retention of specialists as fraud specialists have skills which are very attractive to the private sector. City of London Police told us it planned to improve the level of specialist training given to police officers investigating fraud through its Economic and Cyber Crime Academy and the College of Policing. It also explained that it was in the process of launching an app for constables on the ground. It told us this will describe what Action Fraud is, how to report fraud, what City of London Police does as the national lead force for fraud, and give prevention advice which officers can pass on to the public.30