In 2015 , while May was Home Secretary , an 18 % funding cut in the police force had taken place with the loss of around 20,000 police officers . Before the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing and after the Paris attacks , she was warned by a Manchester senior police officer that the cuts on the force and community policing risked terror attacks in the city due the lack of resources to do proper intelligence and anti-terrorist measures
Paris attacks
November 2015 Paris attacks
Theresa May