Less bureaucracy does not mean more bobbies on the beat - OFFICIAL

Press Release Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Ref 25/05 March 9, 2005
CHIEF POLICE OFFICERS WELCOME ENDORSEMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING
ACPO lead on neighbourhood policing and Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary, Matt Baggot, said (inter alia) :

“Freeing up police officers from unnecessary paperwork and administration is something we are all working towards, but we must be careful not to equate the reduction in bureaucracy with deployment back on the front-line. More effective than having simply greater numbers on the streets is having the right people and the right numbers deployed in the right places, where the public want it and where they need it.”