chrisdyer published Essex Police thin blue line now 'virtually non-existent' says...

The thin blue line is now "virtually non-existent", according to the chairman of Essex Police Federation, following the announcement 190 PCSOs would be cut from the force.On Tuesday Essex Police chief constable, Stephen Kavanagh and police and crime commissioner, Nick Alston, proposed that Police Community Support Officers would be reduced from 250 to 60, by April next year.Along with these plans, Essex Police also wants to shed its estate from 25 stations open to the public to 10, including the...