"We are restoring neighbourhood policing, with nearly 2,400 more neighbourhood officers in our communities. This guarantee aims to put 13,000 neighbourhood policing personnel into roles by the end of this parliament. In April last year, the Government promised to deploy 3,000 officers into neighbourhood roles within 12 months. From April, the Officer Maintenance Grant will be replaced by a new Neighbourhood Policing Ringfence. The previous system had required police chiefs to maintain specific officer headcounts, which sometimes resulted in officers being assigned to support roles rather than frontline duties.