The Bill...

28th July 2010

As budget cuts loom, police services up and down the country look to the past for ways to maintain law and order, save money and slash overtime.

The emphasis will be to get officers on the street in a productive role, not back in the station doing paperwork.

We're going to see a return to the traditional lone bobby on the beat, using the latest technology to work efficiently.

To paraphrase Detective Inspector Gene Hunt "It's time to fire up the bicycle".