Claim: The number of police officer could be the lowest since the 1970s following funding cuts.
Fact-check: Police numbers: back to the 1970s? - Full Fact
Verdict: the cuts have yet to be announced and we don't know how they'd affect officer numbers. a cut of 14,000 officers would mean the lowest number since the 1970s.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Laura O'Brien
Date published: 2015-09-01T00:00:00