00:00Morning today was Stark, and that is the president of the Police Superintendent's Association
00:05and also the National Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales
00:10says policing is broken. Is that the case? And if so, why do you think it is?
00:18I don't think policing is broken. I think that's actually a little unfair on the
00:21police officers and police staff who are out there working very hard every day. I've been
00:25out in Epsom this afternoon with our police officers. I don't think it's broken. I do,
00:29however, think that if we don't get a good settlement, if the government isn't prepared
00:33to put its money where its mouth is, and it's talked an awful lot over the last few years
00:38while it's been campaigning and now in government about the importance of community safety and the
00:43amazing work that it's going to do, if it doesn't put its money where its mouth is, then we are
00:48facing a real crisis. We're not there yet. I'm really interested, obviously, to see what comes
00:53out on Wednesday. I'll believe it when I see it in terms of the actual money that's there. It's very
00:58easy, isn't it? We know the kind of spin that happens before big budget fiscal events. I think
01:04there's an awful lot of that going on at the moment, quite frankly, on all sides. Let's see
01:08what we get on Wednesday. But certainly, policing is going to need some money if we're going to have
01:13any hope of living up to this government's promises.
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