Top Cops Warn Reeves ‘Police Force is Broken’ – Guido Fawkes

Top Cops Warn Reeves ‘Police Force is Broken’

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Rachel Reeves is facing a blue light rebellion as top cops issue a blunt warning ahead of Wednesday’s crunch spending review. Senior officers Tiff Lynch from the Police Federation and Nick Smart from the Police Superintendents’ Association have fired off a brutal letter in The Telegraph, sounding the alarm over crumbling forces. They wrote:

“Police forces across the country are being forced to shed officers and staff to deliver savings. These are not administrative cuts. They go to the core of policing’s ability to deliver a quality service. The service is in crisis. When a young constable looks down at their payslip and wonders how they’ll make rent this month, something is deeply wrong. When experienced detectives walk away from decades of service, broken by the demands placed on them, it’s the police service itself that’s broken.”

Meanwhile, the Treasury is briefing that Reeves will promise a real-terms increase in police funding, as home secretary Yvette Cooper is the last minister Reeves has yet to pin down on her departmental spending envelope. Cooper’s camp is said to be “deeply concerned” that Labour’s flagship pledge – 13,000 new neighbourhood police officers – is in serious jeopardy. Expect more interventions after Wednesday…