Additional £ 100m funding declared as police

The house office has announced an additional £ 100 meter for neighborhood policing in England and Wales, as part of the pledge to keep more officers on the ground by 2029.

It comes at the top of an early £ 100m declared in December, when the government recruited 13,000 officers in one of the additional vows in the neighborhood roles.

Home Secretary Yett Cooper said: “It will not be overnight to restore local policing, but promoting this funding will meet more officials in our city centers and rural areas.”

However, many forces have warned that the current funding level means that they will have to cut the current officials this year.

Last year, when the first installment of money was announced, the National Police Chief Council said the forces faced an estimated difference of £ 1.3BN in their overall finance over the next two years.

On Thursday evening, Lincolnshire police announced that it has canceled its upcoming intake of new police officers due to financial challenges.

Earlier this week, Essex Police said It planned In response to a shortage of £ 5.3m in its budget, to make all its 99 PCSOs (Police Community Assistance Officers) meaningless.

The new funds announced by the Home Office are understood to come from the capabilities identified within the department.

But senior police sources have criticized the lack of expansion in the government’s plans and are questioning whether the money will go to plug the current interval rather than the recruitment of additional officers.

Speaking to the BBC, a senior police source said the forces had no details how they could spend £ 100 meters declared in December.

He asked whether the money was for the new PC or PCSO, whether it could be used to plug the existing funding interval, and how to pay for items like uniform and car.

Employees are paid to PCSO, but only share some powers that police officers have.

They can hand over a fixed-penalty notice and take alcohol from a person under the age of 18, but ask a police officer to arrest someone.

An additional £ 100m announcement comes as government Publishes Its final police funding settlement provides up to £ 17.5bn for local police forces for the following year.

About one -third of the funds will depend on the police and crime commissioners, which opt for the council tax to increase to £ 14.

The government says that settlement includes the cost of salaries prizes and funds to support the increase in employer national insurance contribution.