A dialogue of the deaf: The debate about police cuts

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A dialogue of the deaf: The debate about police cuts

The debate about police cuts needs to be built on robust evidence not rhetoric says Gavin Hales.

Date - 5th June 2015
By - Gavin Hales - Police Foundation

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Yesterday's National Audit Office report on the "financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales" spells out just how impoverished the debate has been on the impact of cuts on police forces. It clarifies that: The...

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