Under
Labour, crime fell every year.
The Liberal Democrats promised 3000 new police officers.
Instead, they are cutting 16,000 nationwide.
West Midlands Police are being forced to make deep cuts by this government. A thousand jobs have already
gone and more are at risk. These cuts cost us experienced officers with decades
of vital crime-fighting knowledge.
Speaking for
ordinary officers, the Police Federation said,
“We have no doubt that cuts to police budgets will lead to more crime.”In 2011, over a thousand years of police experience was forcibly retired.
At the time, DC Tony Fisher said,
"I use the analogy, West Midlands Police are being a bit like the Villa, going down and very quickly... You can even see now the front-line policing is affected, burglary detection rates, robbery detection rates are down, robberies and burglaries are going up and to be honest it's been quite soul destroying to see these changes."Does it seem fair that officers in the West Midlands are being forced out of work - and then asked to come back as volunteer Special Constables?
The Liberal Democrats and the Tories on the West Midlands Police Authority supported the moves towards privatising parts of the service - moves opposed by the Labour Group.
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