Police chief Chris Allison warns cuts are biting

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Police chiefs will have to make "very difficult decisions" over cuts to specialist officer numbers in the wake of the Olympic Games.

Met Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison – the Olympic Security Chief – had asked chief constables to delay making cuts until after the Games. But he said the cuts were already starting to bite.