Police services are heading towards intensive care according to a police leader.
This frank view comes amid claims there are now 34,000 fewer staff working in policing than there were in 2010, including 19,000 fewer police officers.
Speaking about a watchdog report on police effectiveness Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said it has warned about the "pitfalls of continually taking the axe to police budgets over successive years".
He said:...
