article_snippet: One way some forces are reportedly going to try to operate on smaller budgets is by reducing the number of officers.
article_snippet: And it would mean we would have fewer than 100,000 police officers. '
article_snippet: When LBC have to find that amount, numbers will drop,' Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said. '
article_snippet: LBC will have less police, LBC will have to manage less police. '
article_snippet: What matters is how officers are deployed, not how many of officers there are in total. '