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This is followed by a seven-week training programme, during which trainees are taught how to look after people in custody and de-escalate challenging situations.

"I know I've had a lot of difficulties that probably if I wasn't a woman I wouldn't have had, and I'm sure quite a lot of trainees, especially female trainees, would agree with this statement."

Meanwhile, a deputy in the control room reminded a trainee to occasionally scan the images.

Mohammed Khan, 23, and Elizabeth Allingham, 18, are both trainee bricklayers on much sought-after apprenticeships.

The report found that the department does not properly track trainees as they move from one assignment to the next.