Remember the Cuts to Police are a lot more severe, than just the cuts to Coppers numbers alone, seem to indicate.

What the Government keep tight lipped about is the Cuts to civilian Staff.

It may 'save' money, but the work still has to be carried out

That's Police Officers doing the work these people were doing

Less Coppers actually Investigating or preventing crime, less on the Beat

Community Officer numbers haven't much changed, trumpet the Government

What they don't tell You is that Community Officers are no longer doing that Specific Job,

they are taking up the slack  in other police functions