SUSSEX households will pay an extra £5 a year in council tax to fund 40 additional police officers and five police staff as PCSOs are reduced by 50 per cent.The increase in the police precept (portion) of council tax, which is £5 for a band D property, was unanimously approved at a meeting of the Sussex Police & Crime Panel last Friday.The extra £3.1 million the increase will provide to Sussex Police will allow £1.8 million to be spent on digital forensics as well as...
