PEOPLE in North Devon are being asked if they would consider paying an extra 50p a week to protect front line policing.With predicted cuts of more than £50 million to the local policing budget, Devon and Cornwall police and crime commissioner Tony Hogg has launched a major consultation to gauge the public's willingness to contribute this extra amount to prevent the loss of several hundred personnel. The suggested 15% rise in the police precept would mean an extra contribution of £25...
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