// Police Superintendents' Association president Ch Supt Derek Barnett will outline this call at the body's annual conference in Cheshire on Wednesday.
He will say a "strong and confident" police force will be needed in the face of government austerity measures.
The government said the police would not be exempt from spending cuts.
Home Secretary Theresa May will be in the audience at the conference.
Mr Barnett is set to say: "In an environment of cuts across the wider public sector, we face a period where disaffection, social and industrial tensions may well rise.
"We will require a strong, confident, properly trained and equipped police service, one in which morale is high and one that believes it is valued by the government and public."
In his speech, Mr Barnett is expected to talk about the inevitability of widespread disorder on the streets but he insists the comments do not refer to the impact of spending cuts. //
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