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    The Salv wrote:
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    The Salv wrote:
    But we have to make cuts, the country is in major debt and was made worse b the financial crisis. Why do the Police think they are special and better than everybody else. Its just a job, you have a choice, stay or go, its that simple.
    They probably think that they are special because it was the police that were called upon to restore order in London and other locations when there were riots, with property damaged and burned.

    Mrs May, as Home Secretary, has responsibility for the police. She is also a Conservative minister who was elected on the party's promise to 'be tough on crime.'

    You may well think that a 20% reduction in police numbers will see a drop in the crime rate, but many people do not. Statistics may show a drop, but that would be because the general public see no point in reporting crimes, because there are never enough police to respond.

    Less crime reported produces statistics that show there is less crime.
    You mean the riots that went on for 4 days longer than it should have done because the Police stood back and watched because they didnt want to appear to be arresting black kids?
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    It wasnt until the threats of the Army having to be called in (who get paid less btw) and the copy cat white scum joining in that they actually started to do something about it. I wouldnt use the riots to make the Police look good, it was an absolute disaster on their part.
    Not sure we're allowed to say that?

    Never know what I can or can't say these days."
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Home Secretary Theresa May 'has no intention of listening to police'

6:00pm Wednesday 16th May 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Jenny Makin , Crime Reporter

Home Secretary Theresa May Home Secretary Theresa May

SHE has no intention of listening.

That was the damning accusation levelled at Home Secretary Theresa May by furious Hampshire police officers who say the police service is being torn apart by drastic 20 per cent cuts.

More than 1,200 officers from England and Wales packed in to the police federation conference in Bournemouth yesterday to hear what the minister had to say about multi-million pound cutbacks which officers say are putting lives at risk.

But Mrs May found herself being heckled throughout her speech in which she told the audience that they needed to “stop pretending” they were being picked on. She said the severe cuts must be seen through “for the good of the country”.

Mrs May addressed the conference six days after more than 30,000 officers and support staff - including 450 from the county - marched through the capital in protest at the cuts - which in Hampshire amount to £54m over four years.

But Mrs May showed no emotion as she walked on stage to be greeted by officers standing and holding banners saying ''Cutting police by 20% is criminal'' and saying ''Enough is enough.''

She said the option of the right to strike was ''off the table'', adding: ''Keeping our communities safe is simply too important.''

The controversial Winsor Review - ordered by Mrs May, which recommends wideranging changes to police pay and conditions - was also greeted with anger but later cheers and applause as one police federation member told her he thought she was “a disgrace”.

And she was heckled as she told rank and file officers that the changes to their wage packets were reforms that hard-working officers should welcome.

Speaking after Mrs may's speech, chairman of Hampshire Police Federation John Apter, said: “I am frustrated that the Home Secretary has no intention of listening to the rank and file. She has made her position abundantly clear.

“We all accept that the police service must take its fair share of the pain, but we are two years into the budget cuts and the next two years are going to be even more difficult. We were looking for a lifeline today but we have not got one.”

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