Too many police chiefs? - A review of police strength and costs in England & Wales 2010

Concluding Summary

COST EFFECTIVE & EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES

Here then are the potential savings highlighted throughout the document, drawn together in one table.

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Potential Saving

Police Force Governance – consolidating ACPO, APA & NPIA Police Force Mergers – saving predicted by HMIC Chief Officer Restructuring – consolidation of ACPO ranks Chief Officer Restructuring – consolidation of SMT ranks

Remove Chief Supt & Chief Inspector ranks (alternative to mergers) Increase constable to manager ratio (recruitment cost savings) Increase sergeant to inspector ratio

If ratio of 1 frontline staff to every officer of management rank Police staff levels halved through mergers

Police staff overtime halved by mergers or tighter control

Return 25% of office based police officers to frontline (recruitment savings) 25% reduction in police staff support numbers

Amount

??? Millions

£2.25billion (over 10 years) £11million £80million £12million £169million £178million £1billion

£1.3billion £31million £670million £500million

The potential savings have not been totalled as this would be meaningless without knowing which of the suggested potential sav- ings would be considered. However the table does summarise rather succinctly the areas where a choice of options could generate millions if not billions in savings from the existing £13billion that is costs to run UK Police PLC.

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