The spokesperson said they understood the number of officers deployed was 120 “due to the scale of the area that needed to be covered, approximately 10km”.
But Mr Moss-Eccardt said: “I am surprised to find this described as a not-for-profit event as there was clearly corporate sponsorship”.
Boat Race 2021 Ely
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Mr Moss-Eccardt, Lib Dem candidate for police and crime commissioner in the May elections, said: “We have recently had to cut our much-loved PCSOs due to a budget shortfall.
“To spend even more money, albeit for a national event, is disappointing.”
The Boat Race Company Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation, a UK based charity.
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