Get rid of 34 police forces to save cash, Scotland Yard's Bernard Hogan-Howe says

UK's most senior officer says new budget cuts require 'radical action' He claims police needs to catch-up with the changing nature of crime Others claim scale of cuts to come could decimate neighbourhood policing

By Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail

Published: 18:44 EST, 14 December 2014 | Updated: 05:56 EST, 15 December 2014

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Warning: Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says forthcoming cuts in police budgets will endanger the public unless radical action is taken

The public will be put at risk unless police forces merge to save costs, Britains most senior officer warned last night.

Scotland Yard commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called for the traditional landscape of policing to be ripped up, replacing 43 forces across England and Wales with nine regional super forces.

He has warned that forthcoming cuts in police budgets will endanger the public unless radical action is taken.

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Get rid of 34 police forces to save cash, Scotland Yard's Bernard Hogan-Howe says