Force fights cuts with technology

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Force fights cuts with technology

"It's the biggest change to policing in my 18 years of service".

PC Charlotte Harmon said it saved her an hour and a half on one shift.

Date - 11th September 2017
By - Sophie Garrod - Police Oracle

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One of the worst funded forces in the UK is combating cuts by equipping officers with a piece of kit which has seen officers save up to 90 minutes in each shift. Lincolnshire Police is “making every penny work harder” by getting...

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