We are presently in discussions with the Police Service about keeping Police Numbers as high as possible in the Morley area. Following news that the Police and Crime Commissioner has been given a ring fenced budget and that he does not need to make any cuts to Police numbers - we have gone back to negotiate firmly to make sure we keep as many PCSOs in Morley as we can.
Morley residents already pay three times for the Police Service. This includes a precept to the Police Authority, payment to Leeds City Council who finance PCSOs and in their precept to Morley Town Council who again make payments for additional Policing.
We will not tolerate reductions in PCSO numbers if Morley's Policing Team is reduced to provide additional PCSOs to those councils - such as Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale - who do not put their hands as deeply into their pockets as Morley residents do.
We are negotiating hard at Town and City Council level to make sure we retain Police numbers as high as we can and will be moving a budget amendment at Leeds City Councils Budget meeting to deliver more Police on Morley streets.
Crime levels across Morley have decreased over the last decade and we need to work as hard as we can to keep them as low as possible.
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