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http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/12968576.Special_Constables_help_save_man_s_life_in_Halstead/?ref=ar Well done to both officers.

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This week Theresa May accused the Police Federation of crying wolf over the danger that further cuts to policing represent. But as one disillusioned former officer reports, those dangers are real, and morale is collapsing among staff who are repeatedly asked to ‘do more with less’ Police cadets on parade at the conclusion of their training – but stress and low morale is causing many officers to leave the force. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Last modified on Friday 22 May 201516.07 BST Stop scaremongering and prepare for further cuts, Theresa May tells police Read more January 2010: I am sitting towards the front of a stuffy auditorium in the Peel Cen…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32806520 Police Federation crying wolf over cuts, says Theresa MayHome Secretary Theresa May has told the Police Federation to stop "crying wolf" about the impact of financial cuts. Speaking to the federation's annual conference, she said more savings would have to be made in the next five years. And she accused leaders of the body of "scaremongering" over the effect of cuts while crime was falling. Earlier, chairman Steve White said the bobby on the beat was becoming an "endangered species" and neighbourhood policing was under serious threat. However, Mrs May told federation members: "I have to tell you that this kind of scaremongering d…