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| Sussex Police to axe up to 1,000 jobs by 2020 | |
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| Up to 1,000 jobs are to be axed by Sussex Police over the next five years, the force has announced. | Up to 1,000 jobs are to be axed by Sussex Police over the next five years, the force has announced. |
| The plans include reducing the number of officers by 500, Chief Constable Giles York confirmed. | The plans include reducing the number of officers by 500, Chief Constable Giles York confirmed. |
| Mr York revealed the proposals as he unveiled the force's vision for policing, to meet the need to save £56m by 2020. | Mr York revealed the proposals as he unveiled the force's vision for policing, to meet the need to save £56m by 2020. |
| "The demands of tomorrow will be very different to the demands of yesterday," he said. | "The demands of tomorrow will be very different to the demands of yesterday," he said. |
| Plans for the force becoming a "smaller organisation" also include 200 fewer police staff and 300 posts will go from elsewhere. | Plans for the force becoming a "smaller organisation" also include 200 fewer police staff and 300 posts will go from elsewhere. |
| The force currently employs 4,865 police officers and staff - 2,477 of whom are involved in local policing. | |
| 'Re-focus roles' | 'Re-focus roles' |
| Mr York said that since 2010, the force had made savings of more than £50m, "while still protecting our front line and delivering a quality service". | Mr York said that since 2010, the force had made savings of more than £50m, "while still protecting our front line and delivering a quality service". |
| "Now we must trim further and to do so we have to look at our most significant area of cost - our people," he said. | "Now we must trim further and to do so we have to look at our most significant area of cost - our people," he said. |
| "As an organisation we spend 80% of our budget on pay and with budget reductions we must re-focus roles if we are to retain our ability to keep people safe." | "As an organisation we spend 80% of our budget on pay and with budget reductions we must re-focus roles if we are to retain our ability to keep people safe." |
| Other key changes for the future include: | Other key changes for the future include: |
| 'Burden of savings' | |
| Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne said the challenge for the future would be to maintain public confidence while delivering an effective and efficient police service. | |
| She said: "Everyone has a part to play in reducing and preventing crime. | |
| "I will continue to work closely with the police, partners and the public to ensure we all take responsibility for keeping Sussex safe." | |
| In a statement, the public services union Unison said it opposed the job cuts because members had "already taken on the burden of the savings made to date by the force". | |
| "We cannot cut anymore and to do so would severely affect the service provided to the communities of Sussex. | |
| "Rather than cutting those services, they should be enhanced and investment made into them," the union said. |