20/05/2025
📅 COPPED ENOUGH: 'OUR WARNINGS WERE RIGHT'
We were right then and we’re right now’ says Derbyshire Police Federation, a decade on from Theresa May’s infamous ‘crying wolf’ speech.
Branch secretary Kirsty Bunn said Ms May, who was Home Secretary at the time, was ‘spectacularly wrong’ when she accused the Federation of ‘scaremongering’.
She said: “In the 10 years since Ms May’s infamous speech, the Federation has been shown to be right with its warnings about the impact of cuts and austerity.
“Since 2010, we’ve seen our pay cut by 21 per cent in real terms, while the number of officers is down by six per cent.
“So it’s hardly surprising that in the past decade, police recorded crime rates per 1,000 population have gone up by 44 per cent.
“Nationally, police resignations have risen by 142 per cent since 2018, with more than 9,000 leaving the service last year.
“In 2024, there were 45,000 assaults on officers recorded in England and Wales – that’s 123 each and every day.
“So what we were saying 10 years ago and more, and we continue to say on behalf of our members, has become a reality.
“Ms May was spectacularly wrong on that, and her words and actions as Home Secretary and subsequently as Prime Minister have been devastating to policing."
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