Dear Luverly Bunch,
I say that this is the only way to find core policing numbers. Face facts. There are no more establishments for Police Forces. You are not going to get any more money even in the medium to long term and in fact in real terms your money will fall so the chances of employing any more Police Officers are remote.In the future real Police Officers are going to be as rare as rocking horse s***.
It follows therefore that every possible way to redeploy Police Officers will be sought which includes observers and who knows there may even be civilian Chief Constables.