Auto news on Youtube Jan 2 2019

 Cash-strapped local police had to send thousands of officers across the country to protect Donald Trump, Mirror research reveals

 Backup poured in from every known force in Britain for the US President's visit in July 2018 - even though hard-pressed PCs were based hundreds of miles away

 Those policing the four-day, £18m trip included 738 West Midlands officers, 235 from Greater Manchester and 180 from Avon and Somerset

 But while Theresa May rolled out the red carpet, their colleagues were left "thinly-spread" and "picking up the slack" - with violent crime rising and officer numbers slashed by 20,000 since 2010

 Our revelations come after Trump's UK Ambassador said the President could pay a full State Visit to the UK just weeks after Brexit

 Woody Johnson said May 2019 would be a "good time" to finally schedule the full-blown official trip following the "working visit" last year

 Scroll down for the full list of the number of officers sent by each area

Donald Trump UK State Visit could happen just WEEKS after Brexit, Ambassador hints Donald Trump's UK ambassador savages Brexit trade hopes and demands 'leadership'  The Mirror used freedom of information laws to ask 45 UK regional police forces, and two special police forces, how many of their officers were "involved in policing the visit" by Donald Trump

 The 28 that replied in full committed 1,754 officers to the trip - despite none of those forces being based where the visit took place

 A further 1,089 officers were provided by British Transport Police and 141 by the Ministry of Defence Police

 Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott said: "This is a huge drain on police resources, which have been cut to the bone over years of Tory cuts

 "The operational decision to deploy thousands of extra police isn't being questioned

But it reflects the huge unpopularity of Donald Trump across the country

   "When serious violent crime is rising, and police are over-stretched, ministers clearly aren't prioritising the safety and security of our communities

"  Chief constables have previously confirmed it cost almost £18m to protect the President and police huge protests during the July trip

 Forces regularly send officers to national events off their usual beat and reclaim the costs under a system called 'mutual aid' - which was used for Trump's visit

 But rank-and-file leaders warn this leaves individual PCs out of pocket - and their colleagues back home "picking up the slack"

 Officers also faced "disgraceful" accommodation, with hundreds offered camp beds in a sports hall between their 12-hour shifts

Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border unless he gets £3

9bn funding for wall    Simon Kempton, operational policing lead for the Police Federation, said the President's visit threw up specific issues with overnight allowance payments

 He added: "Mutual aid has undeniable knock-on effects for local forces, such as when officers are away, thousands more of their colleagues are left behind expected to pick up the slack and leaving them spread even more thinly

 "Forces also have to accommodate officers taking the additional time in lieu they have incurred while out of force when they do return

 "What the President's visit did demonstrate is that in the past we could do it all but now choices have to be made – resulting in additional stress being piled on an already struggling service

"    Just one force that replied to our FOI requests said it did not provide any officers - the Police Service of Northern Ireland

 Norfolk Police sent 83 including three armed officers, two motorcycle escorts and a dog unit

 Devon and Cornwall Police - around 200 miles from the visit - sent 74 officers

 West Yorkshire sent 160, Kent Police sent 155, South Yorkshire sent 139, Staffordshire sent 119, and City of London Police sent 103

 Our figures exclude the four forces most heavily involved in the visit

Instead we have focused on HQs that were forced to send officers outside their usual area

 Of the four other forces, London's Met Police committed more than 2,500 of its own officers to Trump's visit and spent more than £2

8m.  Thames Valley Police, which oversaw the President's visit to Windsor Castle, Blenheim Palace and Chequers, has not confirmed the number of officers it committed but spent around £6m

 Police Scotland, which protected the President during his stay at his golf resort, has not confirmed the number of officers but had been expected to spend around £5m

 Essex Police, which was responsible for the President's arrival at Stansted Airport, did not give us detailed figures

 Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead of the National Police Coordination Centre (NPoCC), which co-ordinates mutual aid, said: "Chiefs work with colleagues across the country and will organise their resources in such a way that minimises disruption and maintains local policing services

 "This may mean longer shifts or the cancellation of officer rest days in circumstances which require significant officer numbers

"  "Police regulations set out the compensation that officers should receive when working overtime or when their rest days are cancelled

 "These regulations were adhered to for the Presidential visit

" Full list: How many officers from your area covered Donald Trump's visit?    Avon and Somerset Constabulary - 180  Bedfordshire Police - 70  Cambridgeshire Constabulary - 92  Cheshire Constabulary - 39  City of London Police - 103  Cleveland Police - 56  Cumbria Constabulary - No figure given  Derbyshire Constabulary - 51  Devon & Cornwall Police - 74  Dorset Police - 12  Durham Constabulary - 59  Essex Police - N/A (led main operation)  Gloucestershire Constabulary - 22  Greater Manchester Police - 235  Hampshire Constabulary - No figure given  Hertfordshire Constabulary - 90  Humberside Police - No figure given  Kent Police - 155  Lancashire Constabulary - No figure given  Leicestershire Police - 56  Lincolnshire Police - No figure given  Merseyside Police - 41  Metropolitan Police Service - N/A (led main operation)  Norfolk Constabulary - 83  North Yorkshire Police - 75  Northamptonshire Police - No figure given  Northumbria Police - 85  Nottinghamshire Police - No figure given  South Yorkshire Police - 139  Staffordshire Police - 119  Suffolk Constabulary - 81  Surrey Police - No figure given  Sussex Police - No figure given  Thames Valley Police - N/A (led main operation)  Warwickshire Police - 32  West Mercia Police - 76  West Midlands Police - 738  West Yorkshire Police - 160  Wiltshire Police - No figure given  Dyfed-Powys Police - 61  Gwent Police - No figure given  North Wales Police - No figure given  South Wales Police - No figure given  Police Scotland - N/A (led main operation)  Police Service of Northern Ireland - 0  Non-regional forces:  Ministry of Defence Police - 141  British Transport Police - 1089  Source: FOI requests by the Mirror to individual police forces, August-December 2018

Latest UK politics news