Tax hike to fund more police officers approved PLANS for a tax hike aimed at funding more police officers and fighting crime in Hampshire have been given the green light. The policing precept of the council tax will increase by £15 per annum, raising an additional £10m for Hampshire Constabulary in 2021/22. This means that the Band D council tax precept for the force will rise from £211.46 to £226.46. The proposals were approved by the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel this morning. County bosses raised concerns over the impact the rise will have on residents. But they also acknowledged the need for more support for the police.
File photo dated 15/09/16 of police officers. Up to 1,000 graduates will train as detectives in a new fast-track scheme designed to help tackle a severe shortage in police investigators. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday March 4, 2019. After c PLANS for a tax hike aimed at funding more police officers and fighting crime in Hampshire have been given the green light. The policing precept of the council tax will increase by £15 per annum, raising an additional £10m for Hampshire Constabulary in 2021/22. This means that the Band D council tax precept for the force will rise from £211.46 to £226.46. The proposals were approved by the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel yesterday.
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Police and Crime Commissioner to recommend tax hike H Hampshire s Police and Crime Commissioner will, on Friday, recommend a Band D £15 per year police precept rise to the Police and Crime Panel. Michael Lane says there has been significant support from the residents of the Isle of Wight and Hampshire - and the hike has also been backed by the Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary. On January 29, Mr Lane will present his intention to increase the policing precept, to raise an additional £10m for Hampshire Constabulary in 2021/22. Arguing that there was a compelling operational case , he said: I firmly believe the police precept increase will keep local residents and our communities safer.and is the only option.
I want to stop crime - is the stark reasoning from the Chief Constable of Hampshire - as she asks officials to increase the police precept by £15 per house, or 7.1 %
Big precept increase will let us take fight to criminals, says chief constable I want to stop crime. That is the stark reasoning from the Chief Constable of Hampshire as she asks officials to increase the police precept by £15 per house, or 7.1 per cent. With the budget for policing being set at the end of the month, Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney has made a case to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Michael Lane, for more funding for her force. The PCC undertook a consultation to see whether residents would agree on the increase that would see Band D properties paying £15 more a year.