CRUCIAL intelligence gathering is at risk because of a huge reduction in neighbourhood cops, Labour claims.
The number of Police Community Support Officers has fallen from 16,918 in 2010 to 9,180 this year.
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Shadow Home Office Minister Sarah Jones said the Government has “ripped the heart out of neighbourhood policing”.
She added: “This has done huge damage to the vital intelligence gathering work of PCSOs.”
A Government spokesman said: “The deployment of PCSOs is a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners.”
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