Senior staff fear redundancies at Central Scotland Police are unavoidable because of deep cuts to the force's budget. Plans have been drawn up for the potential loss of 80 civilian posts and 48 police officers. A recent spending review prepared by Chief Constable Kevin Smith outlined two scenarios — one with a 23 per cent cut in officer numbers if an old employment regulation can be used, and a reduction of 13% if it cannot. Unions are likely to strongly resist plans to lay off staff in a compulsory way.