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28/01/2014
Additional Cuts Of £30m Expected For Devon And Cornwall Police
Devon and Cornwall Police have said it will need to save an additional £30 million in the next four years due to government funding cuts, according to the BBC.
Senior police officials are understood to have given the information to the BBC's South West Home Affairs Correspondent, Simon Hall, but the force decline to officially comment on the news.
To date the force have made some £51m in cuts, with the loss of 400 officers.
A central funding announcement is expected to be made next week.
(MH/CD)
Senior police officials are understood to have given the information to the BBC's South West Home Affairs Correspondent, Simon Hall, but the force decline to officially comment on the news.
To date the force have made some £51m in cuts, with the loss of 400 officers.
A central funding announcement is expected to be made next week.
(MH/CD)
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