have you looked at the state of the police force lately? our local farce...err, I mean force, has been cut in half because of "budget cuts".
Yes BP same around here....on there other hand this could be they have no need of them!...if they already know where the threats are ...intel is pivotal to anything ? or is it ?
our "local" station (10 miles away) has been cut to 1PC, 1 sergeant and 1PCSO......that's for a town of over 7,000 and growing every day.
Our local stations are also being closed in favour of new build (no doubt very expensive) larger stations to cover a range of local town centres. But apparently the policing level hasn't changed. Except when I went in to report something & left after an hour because there was nobody available on those very busy Tuesday afternoons.