BBC - Police 'plan to cut 14% of jobs by 2015
There will be 34,000 fewer police jobs in England and Wales in March 2015 than in March 2010, research by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary suggests.
It estimated that the overall cut of 14% will include losing 16,200 officers and 16,100 civilian staff.The HMIC added there was "relatively strong evidence" falling staff numbers might lead to a rise in some offences.Home Office figures showed there are 139,110 officers in England and Wales - 4,625 fewer than March last year.The annual decrease recorded by March this year was 3.2%. The number of police staff stood at 74,010, a decrease of 7% or 5,586 compared with a year earler.
Well it's happening locally already in Cranfield 'Project 2011' will bring changes in October and former beat managers will be doing more of a 'section role'. So we will not be seeing much of them.
The PCSOs will have additional powers to give out tickets etc but they will be covering a huge area. The government says there is no relationship between crime figures and police numbers but that is flatly contradicted by HMIC (the inspectorate).
HMIC published research suggesting that a 10 per cent cut in officer numbers would lead to a three per cent increase in crime.
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