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Police force ''could lose 28k through funding cuts''

10 March 2011
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Police force ''could lose 28k through funding cuts''As many as 28,000 police jobs could be axed as government spending cuts start to hit the service.

This is the view expressed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) in a confidential communication to ministers, the Guardian reports.

According to the news source, the ACPO predicts as many as 28,000 positions could be cut during the next four years in police forces across England and Wales, comprising 12,000 officers and 16,000 members of support staff.

However, a spokeswoman for the police body stated: "Chief officers are determined to do all they can to drive out inefficiencies and protect frontline delivery of policing."

Operations management experts in the public sector could find themselves facing fresh challenges as staff numbers are reduced in order to tackle the UK's budget deficit.

In related news, health secretary Andrew Lansley recently revealed GPs covering around two-thirds of the country have agreed to new continuous improvement plans intended to modernise the service and create more personalised care for patients.ADNFCR-3058-ID-800454185-ADNFCR
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