The campaign has been launched at www.stoppolicecuts.co.uk where visitors can see the true cost of the Government's cuts to policing via the interactive map (pictured right).
The map displays updated research showing that over 30,000 police jobs will be lost throughout the UK, including over 12,500 police officers and more than 16,500 police staff.
"I am backing the launch of the 'Stop the Police Cuts' campaign because the Government are cutting wrecklessly and that could have a real impact on the lives of people in Wales," said Kevin.
"Many forces are losing some of their most skilled and experienced crime fighters with Chief Constables being put in an impossible positions.
"They are rightly doing everything they can to deliver effective policing but the Government is pulling the rug out from underneath them with the scale and pace of these cuts.
"The police can make efficiency savings, but their budget is being cut too far and too fast."
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, said, "StopPoliceCuts.co.uk shows the damaging effects of the Tory-led Government's 20 per cent cuts to policing.
"Across the country over 12,500 police officers and thousands more support staff are being lost and it is local communities that will pay the price.
"The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary claim these cuts won't affect the frontline, but they are completely out of touch.
"Neighbourhood policing, CID, domestic violence units, fraud, burglary and murder squads are all being affected already.
"The steepest cuts are in the first few years so police forces don't have time to plan and deliver sustainable change, instead the frontline is being hit.
"The Tory-led Government is taking too many risks with the fight against crime. The Home Secretary urgently needs change course, before it is too late."
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