HUMBERSIDE'S new Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has asked the Home Secretary to ensure the long-term security of Special Branch officers in the region.
Matthew Grove made the call after joining 40 other PCCs at a Home Office "welcome event" in London.
He said: "I raised a question regarding the long-term security of Special Branch and counter terrorism officers.
"My priority is to protect the residents of East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire and, while I fully support shouldering our share of national security issues, we must also make sure this is not at the cost of our own local security and the safety of our residents."
Monday's event was the first time all 41 commissioners had met since the first PCC elections on November 15.
The ballots were marred by record-low turnouts. In the Humberside force area, Mr Grove, the Conservative candidate, narrowly beat former deputy prime minister and Hull East MP Lord Prescott.
Mr Grove said the Home Office gathering had been "an excellent opportunity to meet with my fellow commissioners and discuss shared interests".
The PCCs also received briefings on national security and counter terrorism issues.
Reports suggested the Home Secretary was also pressed for a radical rethink of a planned 20 per cent cut to the policing budget.
Some PCCs claimed recent audits demonstrated that Whitehall spending cuts would hit their forces much harder than previously thought.
Commissioners and chief constables have both warned that forces cannot cope with a further round of police spending cuts without doing serious damage to frontline policing.
Mr Grove said: "All the PCCs in attendance were keen to find out and maximise the national settlement for our forces.
"But, equally, we accepted that we would have to wait for the Chancellor's Autumn Statement and also the police grant settlement from central Government."
It is expected that draft Home Office proposals for police funding covering the next two financial years will be published just before Christmas.
But the Government has insisted forces can absorb 20 per cent funding cuts without damaging frontline policing if they are prepared to undertake "transformational" partnerships with the private sector to reduce back-office costs.
