Sadiq Khan MP, shadow justice secretary, said: «The energy and time this government is spending on arguments about the Human Rights Act shows how completely out of touch it is with the British people who are not interested in cat fights between ministers but how the safety of their communities will be protected after cuts in
police budgets which go too far and too fast.»
It is the 20 % reduction to
the policing budget which is causing the most immediate concern, however.
Not exact matches
Tuition would rise and security would be strengthened at Niagara County Community College under a tentative
budget for the next academic year,
which includes $ 250,000 for two armed peace officers and a contract with a local
police agency to supply a regular
police officer to patrol during the day.
That's also why Osborne has ended up protecting tax credits -
which, surprisingly, he did a full - blooded 100 % U-turn on — and the
police budget.
If Andy Coulson had failed to notice any of this consistently illegal activity in his newsroom involving Rees, Whittamore, Boyall and Mulcaire; if none of the reporters who worked with these investigators and / or hacked the voicemail of their targets ever mentioned anything to him; if nobody told him there was
police activity around his assistant editor, Greg Miskiw; if he failed to ask why the editorial
budget had poured hundreds of thousands of pounds into these investigators; if he failed to read any of the news reports
which linked his newspaper to Jonathan Rees» corruption or to Whittamore and Boyall's network of blaggers: finally, in the late summer of 2006, the reality caught his eye.
Cuts to the
policing budget in England and Wales would lead to a «poorer service» and «increased crime rates»
which will «seriously jeopardise public safety and the security of the nation», he added.
And on crime
which has fallen dramatically over the last 13 years - how on earth can the government think they are in tune with people's priorities when a substantial cut in the Home Office
budget is bound to result in
police officers being taken off the streets?
«Can the Home Secretary explain what was unique about this case that led to them to want the
police to be involved, when the
police were not invited to investigate the systematic leaking of price - sensitive information about banks and bank capital, or to look into the extraordinary leaking of practically the whole pre-
Budget statement,
which was really a
Budget?
NIFA,
which calculated a $ 176 million
budget deficit in January, last week estimated Nassau's fiscal «risks» at $ 118.8 million despite Mangano's efforts to cut costs through layoffs, early retirements and a
police reorganization.
The deal is one step in the right direction for securing a fair split in sales tax revenue for the twin forks —
which aren't
policed by Suffolk County
Police Department — a
budgeting issue Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I - Montuak) said he had been working on for more than a decade.
Public safety was a major theme in de Blasio's
budget,
which includes more than $ 11 million toward new ambulance tours, $ 6.5 million for EMS dispatchers, $ 11.5 million to replace NYPD bullet - resistant vests and $ 10 million to expand the
police cadet program.
Those claims didn't sit too well with NYC Minority Leader Jimmy Oddo, who released a letter he sent to the mayor after receiving the mailer, in
which he asked if «protecting vital services like
police and fire» means the mayor's own
budget plans to close 20 fire companies is now off the table.
And we've seen incredible sums ploughed into pet projects - more than # 100 million spent on installing elected
police commissioners — money that could have paid for 3,000 new
police constables - # 600 million added to the free schools
budget in November — money that could pay for the extra 100,000 primary school places we so desperately need - and # 1.8 billion set aside for the costs of NHS reorganisation — half of
which would keep 6,000 nurses in post for three years
The legislature's marathon
budget hearings continued Wednesday and on the docket was public protection,
which included testimony from several people including the new state
police superintendent, corrections officials, and also the judiciary,
which has been at odds with Governor Cuomo since his
budget was introduced.
The Nassau legislature's Office of
Budget Review noted in a report that soaring
police overtime in Nassau,
which topped a record $ 70 million last year, can not be blamed on low staffing levels or union work rules, a fiscal adviser to the county legislature said.
It does not include the Suffolk County
Police District tax,
which is one of the largest costs in the county
budget.
The Department of Criminal Justice Services, State
Police and Office of Technology Services together have
budgets totaling $ 1.5 billion in state funds alone during the current fiscal year, much of
which is not explicitly restricted and could be used for SAFE Act purposes.
«It would blow a massive hole in the city
budget and take control of the NYPD from [
Police Commissioner] Ray Kelly and give it to judges —
which would cause crime to skyrocket,» Vallone, who has not taken a position on the other bills, added.
After PCCs take office they have a tight timescale to set a
budget and the level of the precept for 2013/14
which is year three (out of four) of one of the most challenging funding settlements the
police service has faced.»
Police forces in England and Wales may be less pleased by the move,
which is being pushed through at a time of 20 %
budget cuts imposed by the Home Office.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has included no funding for extra
police classes in his executive
budget; in its
budget response, the City Council suggested funding for 1,000 officers -
which would cost $ 94.3 million in fiscal year 2015, and $ 97.9 million in fiscal year 2016.
The total size of the
budget Mr. de Blasio has proposed —
which so far includes no new
police officers — is $ 77.7 billion for fiscal year 2016.
Their negotiating position was simply that residents in Orangetown could not afford any tax increases this year, and that the only way to achieve that was to limit pay and benefits to the
police department,
which accounts for one - third of the entire town
budget.
Madden described his spending proposal as a «tight
budget»
which would require cuts in city services outside of the
police and fire departments in order to eliminate $ 2.9 million in expenses.
The
police department is very old and outdated, but to build these things you rely on bonds and those lead to debt service
which become a fixed part of your
budget,» Mr. Russell said.
We were able to get sound meters
which were already in the
police budget.
The overwhelming margin of victory reflects both the popularity of such oversight legislation and a bipartisan political consensus that NSF stumbled in
policing the $ 434 million project,
which was downsized last year and then put under new management after it fell behind schedule and threatened to go $ 80 million over
budget.
Dickinson, fresh from
Police Woman, was considered past her prime as a sex symbol,
which may have helped Corman talk the actress out of her clothes for this production, a low -
budget picture by Hollywood standards.
The real world sets also looked a bit middling
budget and not very much like Ohio, I think the van chase was filmed in Birmingham and the
police cars were Peugeots, neither of
which are very American.
This leads to nearly three quarters of the city
budget being spent on
police, fire, and emergency medical expenses,
which is somewhat more than the national average.
She has also examined the financial effects of
police misconduct litigation, including the frequency with
which police officers contribute to settlements and judgments in
police misconduct cases, and the extent to
which police department
budgets are affected by litigation costs.
This leads to nearly three quarters of the city
budget being spent on
police, fire, and emergency medical expenses,
which is somewhat more than the national average.