#PoliceFinance

Bedford Independent

@bedfordindependent.co.uk

10 months ago

Bedfordshire OPCC takes out £8.5m in loans to support infrastructure plans - Bedford Independent Bedfordshire’s OPCC has borrowed £8.5m to fund capital projects, refinance debt, and cover delayed sale proceeds from Greyfriars Station...

The OPCC has borrowed £8.5m to support Bedfordshire Police’s capital plans. The office says it followed proper financial advice and aims to secure the best value...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #OPCC #CapitalExpenditure #PoliceFinance #Greyfriars

Gavin Hales

@gmhales.bsky.social

1 year ago

Forces should cut officer numbers and use tech to fight crime, police chief says Finance lead for England and Wales police chiefs says focus on officers gets in way of making better use of budgets

An unhelpful headline when the substance is about the lack of flexibility forces have to adjust how they spend their budgets with so much tied to maintaining officer numbers. #policefinance #policeworkforce
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Gavin Hales

@gmhales.bsky.social

1 year ago

Now is the best opportunity to reform the police funding formula <p>The change of government arguably offers the best opportunity in years for a revised police funding formula. But that won’t address wide inequalities in funding nor whether overall resources are su...

I wonder where things have got to with the police funding formula? I wrote about it in July, suggesting now is the best opportunity there may be to push through a new model. www.police-foundation.org.uk/2024/07/now-... #policefinance

Gavin Hales

@gmhales.bsky.social

1 year ago

Now is the best opportunity to reform the police funding formula <p>The change of government arguably offers the best opportunity in years for a revised police funding formula. But that won’t address wide inequalities in funding nor whether overall resources are su...

I wrote about the (very outdated) funding formula earlier in the year, arguing there won't be a better time than now to reform it. #policefinance www.police-foundation.org.uk/2024/07/now-...