A chief constable broke down in tears as he described making ‘difficult choices’ while trying to running a police force amid budget cuts.
Gareth Morgan, of Staffordshire police, said it was a ‘continual challenge’ deciding how to best serve the public with diminishing resources.
The police chief, who has 32 years of service, said: "We've had difficult choices to make about where you prioritise the limited resources that you've got. "My job is to try and balance those competing needs.
With what I've got, where can I get the best return to keep the public as safe as I can? And that's a continual challenge and I feel that very powerfully with the staff." The father-of-two then said, "I need a minute", before bowing his head and wiping away
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