Funding for hundreds of police community support officers (PCSOs) in Essex has been slashed by £2.6m, reports the Colchester Evening Gazette.
Top officers in the county say the cutbacks will mean cash for nearly 200 PCSOs will have to be found from elsewhere, possibly by upping the force’s council tax quota.
The news comes after the Home Office scaled back its recruitment targets for PCSOs from 24,000 to 16,000.
Robert Chambers, chairman of the Essex Police Authority, said: "We were going to get our quota of the PCSOs but, because there is now only funding for 16,000, we won’t be getting our funding."
- Article contributed by: Mr & Mrs L.C. M, Colchester
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