THERE needs to be \u201ccontinued investment in policing\u201d in the Government\u2019s forthcoming Spending Review, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said.<\/p>\n
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce the Comprehensive Spending Review on 27 October, setting out the Government\u2019s plan for public spending over the next three years.<\/p>\n
South Yorkshire Police Federation Chair Steve Kent said that the Review must include increasing police budgets, as \u201cofficers have never been under so much strain as they are now\u201d.<\/p>\n
Steve said: \u201cWe need to have continued investment in policing. It\u2019s no good just relying on \u2013 which the Government frequently does \u2013 saying that they\u2019re recruiting 20,000 police officers. That is welcome, of course, but all that is really doing is repairing the damage that has already been done. We need to grow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hear all the time about budgets being cut in policing, not just in terms of pay but police budgets as well. We can\u2019t keep doing that. Our officers have never been under so much strain as they are now.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, the numbers will help once they are bedded in, but they won\u2019t repair it completely. With the dynamics of crime changing, in terms of technology and in terms of the hoops we need to jump through bureaucratically to deal with offenders, we need to have increased budgets in policing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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