Please use the link below to have your say on the PCC Consultation to save 87 PCSOs:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/2026-27precept

Background:

Dan Price, Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), is encouraging residents to complete a survey about whether they would like to ‘cut back’, ‘manage’ or ‘do more’ with policing moving forward, and how this would affect the Police Precept element of Council Tax.

From the PCC website:

The ‘cut back’ option would see the policing precept frozen at current levels. Although this would allow investment in automation (to enable savings in future years), it would cut prevention programmes, a review of victim services, fewer people answering calls and the removal of all PCSOs.

The ‘manage’ option would see residents paying 97p more a month (based on a Band B property), which would not only enable investment in automation, but the ability to redeploy 51 new officers into neighbourhoods and utilise existing drones more to focus on anti-social behaviour and ebikes). It would still result in a reduction of 50 PCSOs.

The ‘do more’ option would see residents paying £2.14 more a month (based on a Band B property), which would not only enable investment in automation and an additional 21 neighbourhood officers, but also the ability to keep all 87 PCSOs; answer calls quicker; provide extra drone capability and additional prevention programmes.

To read more information about this issue please follow the link to the Cheshire PCC website below:

https://www.cheshire-pcc.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2026/01/cheshire-pcc-saves-10-pcsos/  

To have your say, please complete the survey here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/2026-27precept