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Chancellor visits Nottinghamshire Police Force and emphasises commitment to more funding to beat terrorism (11 January 2016)

Date: 11/01/2016
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, Chancellor visits Nottinghamshire Police Force and emphasises commitment to more funding to beat terrorism

Chancellor George Osborne has told Nottinghamshire Police Force that in the light of national security concerns, it is time to back the police and give police forces the tools they need to tackle crime and protect the British public.

Mr Osborne visited Nottinghamshire Police Force on Friday (08/01/16), to see at first-hand how the force is carrying out vital work to protect local communities.

Nottinghamshire Police Force is one of the country’s leading forces on transforming police services and says it has invested in technology and worked with other forces to save money and ensure police officers can spend more time fighting crime.

In 2015, Nottinghamshire Police Force successfully secured funding from the Police Innovation Fund to introduce a wave of new body cameras worn by officers.

The force has also invested in technology to ensure that multiple forces from across the East Midlands can access shared data, including from mobile locations.

Figures show that recorded crime fell by 26% in Nottinghamshire from 2010 to 2015, compared with a 16% fall across England and Wales.

The Chancellor’s Spending Review offered funding protection to police forces in England and Wales, with Mr Osborne announcing that the government would protect overall police spending in real terms, representing an increase of £900 million in funding by 2020.

The government is providing additional transformation funding for forces that have strong proposals to support efficiency and reform – and to help transition to new funding arrangements in future.

This funding will also help to enhance specialist capabilities for police forces –
and allow forces to train more firearms officers to ensure the UK can protect the public from terrorist threats.

On Friday, Mr Osborne said:

“In light of the growing threats we face to our national security, I am clear that now is the time to back our police, giving them the tools they need to tackle crime and protect the British public. That’s why I used the Spending Review last year to protect overall police spending in real terms.

“It was great to visit Nottinghamshire Police Force to see first-hand how they are continuing to protect local families – and hear how they have already invested in innovation to make savings to ensure that as much money as possible is spent on directly fighting crime.”

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