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Fri 01 Jan 2007NI police body says plans to cut numbers by 1,500 'ill-conceived'Plans to cut police numbers in the North are "ill-conceived and foolish", according to the Police Federation for Northern Ireland.A report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary recommended reducing police officers by 1,500. If the plans are implemented, there will be 6,028 officers in the North by 2011.