Total police numbers don't paint a true picture of what the public actually see. The vast majority of these officers are not in front facing roles and as a result won't be observed by people on the street. Sadly the world is a changed place from a few decades ago with huge increases in cyber crime, sexual offences (including reported historical), terrorism to name but a few areas our officers are engaged. Sadly funding as we all know is dropping. Enquiries in these fields tend to be far more complex and therefore time consuming and costly. The knock on is that funds and therefore officers are redeployed away from uniformed response and community teams. It's this that most members if society notice when we no longer see uniformed constables on patrol. Like most officers have any time for 'general patrol duties'!
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