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Residents across Swindon and Wiltshire are being urged to take part in a survey on raising the police precept by 6.2% - an extra £1.25 a month for a Band D household.
The survey, launched last month to gauge public reaction to a proposal which could see the average police precept rise by up to £15 a year, is available until the end of January for residents to take part.
PCC Philip Wilkinson is responsible for ensuring Wiltshire Police has the necessary resources to fight and prevent crime. He holds the entire budget for policing in the county - made up of a grant from government and from the policing part of the precept contained within council tax.
With a 1.5% increase in the Government’s grant confirmed, this means that if the police precept stayed at the current rate, Wiltshire Police would have to make £5.5m worth of savings. With a proposed increase of an average Band D household of £15 a year, £3.1m savings and efficiencies would be made but becomes more achievable.
So far, more than 2,220 people have responded.