There is also a growing international dimension to this ‘frontline’ debate (O’Shea, 2010; Innes and Thiel, 2008) with the ‘international’ nature of budget cuts seen as having the potential for restricting the ability of the police to respond to increasing demands on their services as levels of crime rise at local level but also the ability to counter serious organised crime and acts of terrorism at a national level. There is therefore the need to balance both the local and national interest in terms of resourcing the police through an effective performance measurement system. Such a performance measurement system can be analysed by asking questions such as: