EARLY ACTION RESPONSE OFFICER POSTS IN LANCASHIRE

That this House notes that Lancashire County Council (LCC) has reallocated a budget of £3.7 million originally intended to create 48 Police Community Support Officers or 30 police constables to fund the creation of 27 Early Action Response officer (EARo) posts at a cost of £6 million; further notes that most of the EARos will be social workers; believes that this budget would have been far better spent on frontline community policing; and calls on LCC to reconsider this decision.