Policing Surrey 2020/21 How Your Council Tax Helps Fund Surrey Police
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Policing Surrey 2020/21 How your Council Tax helps fund Surrey Police Employee information Budgeted as at 31 March 2020/21 2019/20 Police officers 2,022 1,917 Operational and support police staff – this includes Police Community 1,911 1,824 Support Officers (PCSOs) Total 3,933 3,741 Volunteers In addition to our officers and staff, Surrey Police has 470 volunteers who contribute thousands of valuable hours of support to policing across the county every year. These include Police Support Volunteers (130), Volunteer Police Cadets (220) and Volunteer Police Officers (Special Constables, 120). Be In The Know If you want to know what’s happening in Surrey - sign up to the Surrey Police In The Know community messaging service at: www.intheknow.community Contact us surrey-pcc.gov.uk [email protected] @SurreyPCC 01483 630200 facebook.com/SurreyPCC PO Box 412, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1YJ Photos courtesy of Charlotte Cooke, Surrey Police. Over 200 officers and staff in What will you pay for policing in Surrey in 2020/21? How the money is spent and funded two years… Band A Band B Band C Band D 2020/21 2019/20 180.38 210.44 240.51 270.57 Employees 204.1 192.1 Your contributions through the policing Band E Band F Band G Band H Premises 11.0 9.2 element of the council tax mean Surrey Supplies and Services 40.8 39.8 Police can continue to strengthen their 330.70 390.82 450.95 541.14 service by putting more officers back into our Transport 5.4 5.4 communities. Where the money comes from Operational income -11.3 -11.4 Over the next year, around an extra 100 Gross budget: 250.0 235.1 police officers and 50 staff will be added to £137.8m 55% Local taxation Central government 112.2 103.2 the Surrey Police establishment to help tackle crime and those issues that matter to you. Local taxation 137.8 131.9 £112.3m In 2020/21, the Force will receive central 45% Central funding Gross funding 250.0 235.1 funding for an extra 78 police officers as part of the government’s programme to increase 2020/21 2019/20 numbers nationally by 20,000 over the next £m £m three years. Precept requirement 137.0 130.5 This will be further boosted by the 3.8% rise in this year’s council tax precept which 60% Other local income 0.8 1.4 of those who took part in our public survey in January supported. This will allow the Chief Total local funds 137.8 131.9 Constable to invest in further officers and Taxbase i.e. number of equivalent Band D 506,308 500,993 staff which residents across Surrey tell me Properties they want to see. Combined with the extra 79 officers and staff and 25 posts saved thanks to last year’s precept – this means that by the end of this financial year, over 200 posts will have been added to the police establishment. After a decade where police resources have been stretched to the limit, I believe this is really good news for residents. The 150 extra officers and staff this year will bolster Surrey Police’s neighbourhood policing teams, help tackle issues such as burglary, serious organised crime and drugs, aid the Force’s prevention work and support the fight against growing issues such as online crime. David Munro Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey .