Police management and workforce reform in a period of Austerity

Abstract

This chapter considers the impact of both new forms of police governance and the impact of cuts in funding to the police service in England and Wales. It assesses the implications of the 2012 Winsor Independent Review and the HR implications of the recommendations made within it for police officers. It evaluates the potential implications of outsourcing and future internal police management structures. It argues that much more positive workforce modernisation proposals which are evidence based have been sidelined in the movement towards private sector provision to police forces. Finally it explores the potential and real benefits arising from closer collaborative arrangements between both police forces and police and local authorities.