Police chief approves extra officers (From Bury Times)
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Police chief approves extra officers
11:44am Thursday 28th February 2013 in News
MORE police officers and staff are to be recruited, Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has revealed.
He published spending plans which would see 200 officers and staff joining the force over the coming year.
It is being funded through the police precept which forms part of the council tax bill.
It is not yet known how many would be coming to Bury until they are recruited and deployed.
Apprentices will double from 22 to 50 in 2013/14.
A £200,000 fund to improve working with the NHS on issues such as mental health is also proposed. Mr Lloyd said: “Every single penny of the extra money raised through the small increase to the policing part of your council tax bill is being used to boost frontline policing.
“For the average property, that increase is just over a penny a day. I think that represents great value.
“This budget will help maintain that critical link between you and your local policing team. The pace of cuts being forced on GMP is unacceptable, but I have done everything I can to ensure that we mitigate the impact the cuts have had so far —it’s now the Government’s turn to recognise that enough is enough and realise that investing in policing is good for all.”
