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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
William Warnes

No cuts to neighbourhood policing despite ‘stretched’ system – Met chief

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Kaya Comer-Schwartz (left), during a walkabout in Woodford, east London, where he will be attending the opening of a new innovative Police Hub at the Orchard (West) Housing Office. The hub aims to provide Safer Neighbourhood Officers with a dedicated base and enhance police response to issues such as anti-social behaviour, theft, and vandalism. Picture date: Thursday January 30, 2025. - (PA Wire)

No cuts will be made to neighbourhood policing despite a “stretch in the system”, the chief of the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

Sir Mark Rowley, who heads the country’s largest police force, has previously warned of “eye-watering” cuts to the force’s spending this year.

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