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Edward O'Donohue, Victorian opposition police spokesman

“Frontline police numbers have fallen under Labor with Police Association figures showing there are now 190 fewer uniform officers than in 2013 despite Victoria's population increasing by over half a million.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr O'Donohue's claim is misleading. The figure he cites covers substantially more than the period Labor has been in office, so cannot be used to assess the record of just one government. There is also no agreed definiti…