chrisdyer published Chelmsford district to lose 24 out of 31 PCSOs in Essex Police...

ESSEX Police plans to drastically cut frontline operations with the axing of 190 PCSOs, 62 front office staff as well as closing 15 police stations.The force needs to save £63 million by 2019/20 and about £20 million during the next financial year.The headquarters in Springfield, part of which was built in 1903 and sprawls across 20 acres, costing £2.5 million a year to maintain, will be sold, as will ten of the force's 25 stations.It is proposed that the new Community Policing...