Essex Police, PCSOs

Plans to cut every PCSO in Essex to be 'revised' thanks to £100m funding boost
A funding boost for police nationwide of £100 million will help bridge a budget shortfall that would have lead to every PCSO in Essex being made redundan
Essex Police to 'revise' plan to scrap PCSOs after £100m investment for neighbourhood officers
Essex Police had previously announced it would have to scrap PCSOs because its funding settlement was “not enough” to bridge a £5.3m budget shortfall. | ITV News Anglia
Essex Police set to make all PCSOs redundant due to “funding shortfall”
ESSEX Police is set to make every one of its 99 police community support officers (PCSOs) redundant due to a huge funding shortfall reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Roger Hirst, police and crime commissioner for Essex,
Essex business boss fears impact of PCSO number cuts
CRIMINALS targeting shops and businesses during “low level” burglaries and carrying out criminal damage will “get away with their crimes”
Essex Police plans to cut all PCSOs over funding fears
Essex Police said it could get rid of all 99 PCSO roles within the force, pending consultation, as it faced a £12.5 million budget shortfall for 2025-26. | ITV News Anglia
Colchester's MP responds to Essex Police's proposed cuts due to 'inadequate' funding
Essex Police says it is facing a £12.5million budget black hole due to an "inadequate" funding settlement for 2025 to 2026.
Essex Police to review PCSO redundancy plan amid £100m funding
A police force might not cut its 99 community officers as planned, after the government announced a £100m investment in policing. Essex Police said on Tuesday it needed to make drastic staffing cuts to mitigate a budget shortfall of £5.
UNISON calls on Essex Police to keep PCSOs set to be axed as commissioner says plans will be 'revised' after new funding
An extra £100million of government funding will go "some way" to address a £5.3million budget gap, the commissioner has said
Labour MPs call for reversal on Essex Police's PCSOs redundancies
A decision to cut all 99 police and community safety officers (PCSOs) across Essex - blamed by the police and crime commissioner on insufficient funding from the Government - has been attacked by Essex’s Labour MPs.
Force might not press ahead with PCSO redundancies
A police force might not cut its 99 community officers as planned, after the government announced a £100m investment in ...
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Federation’s ‘disbelief’ at Essex Police plans to cut all PCSOs amid funding shortfall
Laura Heggie, chair of Essex Police Federation, was speaking after Chief Constable BJ Harrington warned that all PCSOs and 65 ...
Police force that investigated Telegraph columnist could slash jobs
Essex Police announces it could ‘axe all of its 99 police community support officer roles’ as it faces £12.5 million budget ...
Officers in 'complete disbelief' over job cuts plan
Police officers have been left in "complete disbelief" at plans to make all 99 of its police community support officers ...
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Police force to get rid of all support officers because of £5 million funding shortfall
Essex Police is set to cut all of its police community support officers as it warns of a £5 million gap in funding that it ...