As a former police officer I’ve worked alongside some incredibly talented PCSOs and am very concerned by the proposed cuts to PCSO numbers.
Cllr O'Brien, Medway Council Cabinet Member for Community Safety, has not served on the front-line and knows nothing of the hardships faced by officers every day. Cuts to police officer numbers, and PCSOs means taking risks with people’s safety, and flies in the face of Cameron's promise at the last General Election to protect front line services
Cllr O’Brien is calculating that by challenging the Kent Police and pinning the blame on them, he can somehow wash away responsibility for the cuts that his Government is inflicting on local residents. Crime costs the taxpayer and a reduction of police and PCSO numbers will have a significant economic and social cost.
If Cllr O’Brien were serious about PCSOs they would scrap their £2m proposal for an elected Police Commissioner, which equates to 100 PCSOs and 70 Police officers, and invest that on the front line.
Cllr O’Brien is calculating that by challenging the Kent Police and pinning the blame on them, he can somehow wash away responsibility for the cuts that his Government is inflicting on local residents. Crime costs the taxpayer and a reduction of police and PCSO numbers will have a significant economic and social cost.
If Cllr O’Brien were serious about PCSOs they would scrap their £2m proposal for an elected Police Commissioner, which equates to 100 PCSOs and 70 Police officers, and invest that on the front line.
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