Facing cuts in government funding, police forces are being advised by the Treasury to focus much more on getting 'value for money' from investigations, reports the Daily Telegraph.
One proposal is for officers and every new recruit to be given business management training, as the Treasury is distressed that police officers 'lack business skills'.
The Treasury is looking to save £250 million each year, equating to £37m a year needed to be saved by large forces like those in Devon and Cornwall, with an annual budget of around £248m.
Demonstrating the likely result of such cuts, the reports cites the example of the Durham Constabulary, which recently announced that it is shedding 100 officers.
Yet the savings of £250 million a year that the government is seeking to make, and is likely to have a frontline impact on police performance, represent just over two weeks worth of our contributions of the EU budget (at £115 million a week net, from 2007).
Just two weeks of not paying the EU would prevent these cutbacks having to be made to essential police resources. Where are our MPs' priorities?
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