A series of funding deals between private entities and City of London Police to help fight fraud highlights the ongoing funding pressures faced by the police force, experts have said.
City of London Police received more than £13m a year for the last three years through “commercial partnerships”, according to summaries of its accounts, which, depending on the financial year, make up around seven per cent of the force’s total budget.
https://www.cityam.com/private-sector-financing-for-london-police-fraud-units-spotlights-budget-pressures/