Coalition's cuts to police budgets 'risking public safety' The warning comes after Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation of England Wales, said forces had already been "stripped to the bone" and could not afford to lose any more staff. He warned that lives were being put at risk and suggested forces may have to stop sending officers to calls such as missing persons, car accidents or noise problems. Mark Burns-Williamson, the new commissioner in West Yorkshire, added it was "not right that, due to an unfair grant allocation, the safety of people across West Yorkshire is compromised." Paddy Tipping, Nottinghamshire's PCC, said: "I want people to be safe, to feel safe and I don't believe that ongoing funding cuts will help." Alan Charles, the Derbyshire PCC, also warned that "vast and relentless cuts of the scale we have seen over the past few years are eventually going to have a detrimental impact on performance." "Any continued drive to realise further savings from the police budget, above those we already face, will leave us in a very vulnerable position in the future," he said. Calling for a "two-way conversation rather than imposed reductions" in a consultation on the 2013/14 police budget, he said the "concerns of the electors should be paramount." Mr Charles went on: "There are real fears the involvement of the private sector will ultimately lead to further losses in police manpower and we will be seeking reassurances that commissioners will be involved in any decisions which could affect capacity from an operational point of view." Barry Coppinger, the Cleveland PCC, said he will tell Mrs May that "the only people supporting further cuts to policing are the criminals." Amid concerns that the introduction of PCCs could politicise policing, Labour won 13 of the 41 new posts in last month's election, with the Conservatives taking 16 and independents taking office in 12 areas. A Home Office spokesman said: "We spend £14 billion a year on the police so it's only right that they make a contribution to reducing the budget deficit. Police reform is working - forces are rising to the challenge and reducing crime whilst still increasing the proportion of frontline officers.