There will be a distinctly thinner blue line following police cutbacks, as an 18 month freeze on new recruits has been introduced to anticipate cuts in public-sector funding. It means prospective officers who had recently been accepted into the Devon and Cornwall force have had their application forms shredded. A police spokesman added: "The cuts will have an effect on staffing levels. These plans have not come out of the blue and we have been making savings over the last 18 months," continuing: "We are committed to neighbourhood policing but cuts will have to be made."
Staff will have to cover shortfall in many sectors of employment, but this will be made easier with Time and Attendance North West clocking technology. The WinTA Lite software package, which has a familiar Windows™ interface, stores information on up to 1000 production or department jobs. Simply by using a smart card or key fob, employees book time against these jobs to produce a fully costed analysis and break down of time spent on each one. Reports show jobs that are over budget or those approaching their budget limit.