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Community police cuts could hit Hawkinge

Posted by editor on Dec 08, 2006 - 07:00 AM
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COMMUNITY POLICE CUTS COULD HIT HAWKINGE

Hawkinge will have to wait and see if the village gets its Community Support Officer following the announcement by the Home Office that they were slashing the budget.

Kent Police said it was shocked and disappointed the government has cut promised funding for community support officers (PCSOs) by £3.5m.

They had budgeted for an extra 474 PCSOs by April 2008 but will now only have funding for 273.

Asst Ch Con Leppard said the force had 500 existing police officers, PCSOs and support staff working on neighbourhood policing but it would now take longer to roll out the programme across the county.