NPCC submission to spending review says cutting budgets too deeply or too quickly will lead to perverse impact’ on policingChief constables have privately warned senior ministers not to “front-load” the 25% or more in police spending cuts expected to be announced by George Osborne on Wednesday because many forces would be unable to reduce their officer numbers snappy enough.An unpublished submission to the chancellor and domestic secretary by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) warns that cutting budgets “too deep or too snappy” will lead to “perverse impacts” such as “reverse civilianisation”, in which uniformed officers are put into police staff roles simply to meet workforce reduction targets.
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Source: theguardian.com