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[NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY MESSAGING - Northamptonshire West - 26.11.09 - WB/CMS/1444/09 - POLICE AUTHORITY]
This is a message from Northamptonshire West Police to all residents in the Northamptonshire area.
Northamptonshire Police Authority has launched a new budget simulator and is asking members of the public to get online and tell them how they think police funding should be spent.
Fourteen per cent of council tax paid is allocated to the police service, (working out as 45 pence a day for the average household) which the Police Authority is responsible for allocating to different areas of policing.
With projected plans to make millions of pounds worth of savings in the next few years, the Police Authority is asking the public to take a few minutes to give their views on which areas of policing should be the focus of funding, and where savings might be made.
The budget simulator identifies different service areas, which can be clicked on for an explanation. A decision can then be made about whether funding in this area should increase, decrease, or stay the same compared to the previous year.
Users can then view the outcome of their decisions and what impact this would have on the service provided.
Deirdre Newham, Chair of the Police Authority, said "Every day the news has stories about how the difficult economic times we are in are affecting people, and the police are not immune to the recession's effects. We are going to have to make savings over the next few years that will mean making some difficult decisions. We are asking people to go onto the budget simulator through the Police Authority website or by clicking onto http://www.budgetsimulator.com/npa/ to tell us where they feel money should be spent, and this will help inform our decisions about where funding priorities lie and where savings might be realised."
Thank you
Ref: WB/CMS/1444/09
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