- Last year, police forces responded to financial pressures by reducing their reserves by £276 million, and borrowing £632 million to fund 60% of their capital programmes
- The Home Office has identified potential savings of £354 million over the next four years but has assessed over half (53%) as high or medium risk to deliver
- Improving the productivity of the police is crucial to helping them manage financial pressures and meet government’s policing commitments, including the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, while supporting their ability to respond to changing demands
- The National Audit Office (NAO) says there is significant potential to improve police productivity and has identified five barriers – including inconsistency across forces and insufficient use of digital and AI
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