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Ummm....OK, if it will please you and perhaps others, I withdraw the word sacked.
But we still have 20,000 fewer Police Officers than we did in 2010. Whether they retired and were nor replaced, or simply left is immaterial.
We now have major security issues and that situation didn't arrive yesterday. The link explains that while Officers are being diverted onto counter-terrorism, ordinary day-to-day Police activity is at risk.
Like you, I would gladly pay more tax, for proper Policing to return, just as I would willingly pay more to fund our health service.