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| West Midlands Police: Cuts 'threaten 1,000 jobs' - PCC | West Midlands Police: Cuts 'threaten 1,000 jobs' - PCC |
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| Further government funding cuts could lead to 1,000 more jobs going at West Midlands Police, its police and crime commissioner (PCC) has warned. | |
| More than 2,700 jobs, including 1,100 officer posts, are to be cut by the force by 2015 to save £126m. | More than 2,700 jobs, including 1,100 officer posts, are to be cut by the force by 2015 to save £126m. |
| PCC Bob Jones said if current patterns of cuts continued, the force would lose a further £100m by 2018. | PCC Bob Jones said if current patterns of cuts continued, the force would lose a further £100m by 2018. |
| The Home Office said police budgets for the financial year 2015-16 would be announced in June. | |
| In a report to the Strategic Policing and Crime Board, Mr Jones said he feared the force budget would fall by 28% between 2011 and 2018. | In a report to the Strategic Policing and Crime Board, Mr Jones said he feared the force budget would fall by 28% between 2011 and 2018. |
| 'Fair deal for policing' | 'Fair deal for policing' |
| He said: "A reduction on this scale poses a grave risk to policing in the West Midlands, with less resource available for the preventative policing that has consistently driven down recorded crime for the last 15 years. | He said: "A reduction on this scale poses a grave risk to policing in the West Midlands, with less resource available for the preventative policing that has consistently driven down recorded crime for the last 15 years. |
| "The continued cuts also make it difficult to plan for restarting recruitment, which is essential to bring in new blood and new ideas." | "The continued cuts also make it difficult to plan for restarting recruitment, which is essential to bring in new blood and new ideas." |
| The report will be discussed at a meeting of the board on Tuesday. | The report will be discussed at a meeting of the board on Tuesday. |
| Mr Jones also said the future of all police stations would be reviewed, after last month the force announced it was closing Steelhouse Lane, Queens Road and Belgrave Middleway stations. | Mr Jones also said the future of all police stations would be reviewed, after last month the force announced it was closing Steelhouse Lane, Queens Road and Belgrave Middleway stations. |
| The Home Office said the chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, was currently leading a comprehensive spending review across the government, which included police budgets. | The Home Office said the chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, was currently leading a comprehensive spending review across the government, which included police budgets. |
| It said the results of the review would be published on 26 June. | It said the results of the review would be published on 26 June. |
| A spokesperson for the Home Office said: "Police reforms are working and since June 2010 crime has fallen by 5% in Warwickshire and 15% in the West Midlands. | |
| "The vast majority of forces are rising to the challenge we set them of improving services while making their contribution to reducing the deficit. | |
| "We are sweeping away central targets, bureaucracy and red tape so forces can focus resources on the front line and concentrate on their one core mission — to cut crime." | |
| Mr Jones said he would be writing to West Midlands MPs asking them to lobby the government for more funding support. | Mr Jones said he would be writing to West Midlands MPs asking them to lobby the government for more funding support. |
| "It's time to let Danny and the government know we want a fair deal for policing in the West Midlands," he said. | "It's time to let Danny and the government know we want a fair deal for policing in the West Midlands," he said. |