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Home Secretary given cool response by the Police Federation; - I know there are some things in there that you don’t like. But the report contains many proposals that I believe should be welcomed by officers on the frontline. Because overall, the report recommends that the majority of the savings identified should be ploughed straight back in to your pay.That would mean rewarding those with specialist skills, those who are working unsocial hours, and those who are on the frontline. That’s fair. And it’s something that the Fed should welcome.But I don’t want to just manage the cuts. I want to make the police service better – for the public and for you.You joined the force because you want to serve the public and fight crime. But you don’t get to spend enough of your time doing that. So let's change it.Police officers I speak to wherever I go tell me they hate acting as couriers for the courts service. They tell me it's not their job to be escorting mildly disruptive patients to hospital.When I visited St Ann's Police Station in Nottingham in March, I met an officer who said to me that he had been out that morning and had made an arrest. But he had had to come back to the station and spend some hours filling in forms when, to use his words, what he wanted to do was to get back out on the streets.I couldn't agree more. Your job is fighting crime – and that’s what I want you doing. When I spoke to you here one year ago, I offered you a deal - more freedom to do your work; in exchange for greater accountability to local people.I have stuck to that deal.So we've scrapped the policing pledge, the confidence target, the PSA targets, the key performance indicators, the local area agreements and all of the other targets that you hated.I know not every force has implemented these changes, but let me make my position clear - I want you chasing criminals, not chasing targets.We’ve given you back discretion over certain charging decisions....