UP to 100 Notts police staff jobs could go as part of a force restructure and cost cutting programme.
The redundancies, which include some posts already vacated, are set to begin in the spring after formal consultations with Unison and the individual staff concerned.
The force says the changes are in response to reductions in Government funding and to improve its efficiency and effectiveness.
Notts Police Authority approved the use of Regulation A19 in December to force the retirement of police officers with 30 years' pensionable service. Up to 132 officers will be eligible by March 31 2012, although some have indicated they will retire.
The move has been criticised by Notts Police Federation who fear the loss of so many good and experienced officers will have an impact on the force's ability to fight crime.
The Police Authority has also backed the force's plans to introduce voluntary and compulsory redundancy schemes for police staff.
More than 200 members of staff expressed an interest to take voluntary redundancy during the first three weeks of the scheme.
Of these, a total of 100 have followed up with formal applications to leave. Those staff will be notified of a decision in February.
More than 330 police staff from seven departments were being briefed yesterday, on the restructure plans and changes being proposed to current roles and job descriptions.
Chief Constable Julia Hodson said: "We are committed to transforming our organisation to make us the best force in the country by 2015. Our priority remains protecting front line services with the emphasis very much on local policing.
"The force has to respond to the reductions in funding over the next four years but we also believe we can enhance the service we provide by becoming more efficient and effective.
"To do that we are proposing some wide ranging changes to the way in which services are organised and delivered. This will include some restructuring and changes to current jobs and job descriptions.
"Inevitably, that will mean some people will leave the organisation but we are committed to keeping them fully informed of the process now under way and offering them as much support as possible."
Ms Hodson said the force also intended to reopen the voluntary scheme again in the near future.
"We have consistently said that during these very challenging times for the organisation, we would prefer people to leave voluntarily."
Notts police has a workforce of approximately 4,150, including around 1,500 staff, 2,350 officers
and 279 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs).
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