Budget Cuts
In 2010 it was announced that most UK Public Services would be subject to budget cuts over the next five years. Dyfed-Powys Police is one of these public services faced with this problem and must find savings of £34m between now and 2015, and £13m in each subsequent year. Chief Constable Ian Arundale warned that there was going to be a "significant impact" on the front line.
Mr Arundale said he accepted that cuts had to be made in the Dyfed-Powys force area and hoped to achieve this through natural wastage and voluntary redundancies.
Though in 2011, the police service announced the recruitment of 39 new officers, 18 Police Constables and 21 Special Constables. Showing commitment to its communities it serves during difficult financial times
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