BORDERS residents are willing to pay extra council tax if it meant keeping more bobbies on the beat, a survey has revealed.

Three quarters of those questioned in Powys wanted to protect officers against cuts, while 84 per cent were willing to pay 15 pence more a week to make it happen.

Deputy chief constable Jackie Roberts said: “The results show that front line policing is so important that people living in Dyfed Powys force area are willing to pay that little extra in their council tax.

“They also show our work to streamline back office processes is in line with where residents think we need to focus the cuts to our spending.”