Police verdict on cost-cutting measures
Northamptonshire Police say their money-saving plans are working so well, they've been able to postpone some of the planned cuts to policing numbers.
The force has to make £20 million of savings between now and 2015.
It says it has managed to focus most of its budget cuts on back office staff, which means more frontline officers will stay in their jobs for longer.
Chief Constable Adrian Lee said: "Colleagues across the Force continue to work extremely hard to ensure that, as well as identifying the considerable savings required by the Government between now and 2015, we do everything we can to improve the service to those who call on us for help.
"Policing is a people business – and the reality of delivering significant savings is that the organisation has had to reduce in size.
"However, this has to be viewed in the context of the daily dialogue we have with our communities, which ensures that we structure ourselves in the most effective way to meet their needs. This is showing very encouraging results, with public confidence and victim satisfaction in Northamptonshire Police at consistently high levels, while the number of anti-social behaviour incidents has never been lower.”
"Policing is a people business – and the reality of delivering significant savings is that the organisation has had to reduce in size.
"However, this has to be viewed in the context of the daily dialogue we have with our communities, which ensures that we structure ourselves in the most effective way to meet their needs. This is showing very encouraging results, with public confidence and victim satisfaction in Northamptonshire Police at consistently high levels, while the number of anti-social behaviour incidents has never been lower.”
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