Just saw a piece on the BBC news with Theresa May meeting community police and stating that a Conservative aim will be to slash bureaucracy and get them out on the streets again. At the same time, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has released a document stating that in the last ten years, overtime payments (in England and Wales) have increased by 90%, reaching £400 million last year. Meanwhile, overall policing costs grew by 48%. The BBC also reported that London Mayor Boris Johnson has been criticised for not reducing spiralling costs of the police in London. It seems like the pressure to make public spending cuts may have an impact on this huge pot of policing money.
Here's a guardian article on it...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/13/police-overtime-spending-record-ccjs
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and now the PF are shouting about the excesses of civilianisation
ReplyDeletehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7725462/Lives-at-risk-from-civilianised-police-service-rank-and-file-warn.html
policing will probably be the part of criminal justice which makes the most noise about the forthcoming budget cuts