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Meeting government's policing commitments will require police forces to make further savings and productivity improvements. https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/police...

Last year, police forces responded to financial pressures by reducing their reserves by £276 million, and borrowing £632 million to fund 60% of their capital programmes.

Improving the productivity of the police is crucial to helping them manage financial pressures and meet government’s policing commitments - including the neighbourhood policing guarantee - while also responding to evolving crime and changing demands.

The Home Office has identified potential savings of £354 million over the next four years but has assessed over half (53%) of these as high or medium risk to deliver.

There is significant potential to improve police productivity now, but long-term reform will take time. We have identified five barriers to reform such as inconsistency across forces and insufficient use of digital and AI, and suggest ways to tackle them.

Read our report: https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/police...