Humberside Police Authority Questions
31 March 2011 by Paul Rhoades
At yesterday's council meeting two questions were asked regarding the way in which funding cuts will affect the service delivery by the police.
Both questions were answered by Cllr Ishaq Jawaid OBE, who is the councillor who is a member of the Humberside Police Authority
Question 1 from Mashook Ali:
"With 560 police officer jobs expected to go over the next four years as a result of the government's funding cuts, can the representative of HPA assure residents of North Lincolnshire that crime levels will not increase over this period?"
The following is the transcript of the answer delivered by Cllr Jawaid
"Plans are in place for the potential reduction of 358 police officer posts over the next 4 years.
These reductions will be targeted at back office functions.
Although the plans have been developed under pressure of time and money, they have been built upon the sound foundation of the successful changes the Police Authority and Chief Constable have introduced across the force in the last six years.
Their plans are comprehensive, scrutinising all aspects of Humberside Police, including the number of senior posts, structure and the size and capacity of all of our units.
The budget is very demanding and there are hard times ahead. I am confident they will meet them successfully because Humberside Police is built on solid foundations and because of the good people who are proud to work for Humberside Police and deeply committed to serving their local communities.
No member of the Police Authority can give a personal guarantee that crime will not rise in North Lincs. Over the last year overall crime has reduced by 10% which is very good news for the people of the area."
The second question was asked by Cllr O'Sullivan
"With two recent murder investigations in the area can the police authority give a commitment to retaining the services of the major incident team, despite more than �20M of funding cuts by the Tory government?"
Cllr Jawaid gave the following response:
"The Police Authority and Chief Constable are committed to retaining the Major Incident Team. They currently operate out of four locations across the Humberside policing area.
As part of the savings forced on Humberside Police by this Government, cuts of about �1.2million will be found from reducing the size of these teams.
There will be reductions in the number of police officers in the teams as the Force needs to reduce its spending by almost �30m and the majority of these savings have to be made during this and next year.
As 83% of the Force budget is spent on staff it is inevitable there will be less police officers.
I anticipate the officers remaining will have to do more and with National changes proposed to their working conditions, they will have to achieve more with much less.
To be absolutely clear though, the investigation of murders is critical front line policing and will continue to be the main responsibility of the Major Incident Teams. They are very professional and we all should be proud of the results they achieve.
I am pleased to report that the recent murder on Pryme Road in Scunthorpe was investigated by the Major Incident Team as well as officers from Scunthorpe Police Station. Two men are now charged with this murder and are awaiting trial."
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