Police officers’ mental health ‘being harmed by budget cuts’

Warning follows resignation of UK's top arresting officer after breakdown

A deputy chief constable has warned that budget cuts are harming the mental health of frontline police after one of her officers, who once boasted the highest arrest rate in the UK, resigned following a breakdown.

Sgt Ali Livingstone of Suffolk police was nicknamed Robocop by his colleagues after arresting 524 people in 2009. But after suffering a significant mental breakdown last year, followed by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety, he has decided to leave the force.