Fear not, we intend to. It's patently obvious that they invent whatever figure they think will suit their purpose at the time and that the point of the current exercise is not to reduce the demands on the Police budget.
"Someone's asking what it costs to keep the Police Islander at Lee."
"No problem - think up a low figure so we can say what good value it is."
"We want to kick everyone out"
"No problem think up a ridiculously high figure and charge them a chunk of that."
A key point here is that it is for the Police Authority, not the Police, to set the level of charge. Anyone who pays the Hampshire Police precept as part of their rates would do well to have a go at their representative on the authority. Details
here.