A SENIOR officer said Police Scotland will "reassess deployment" of uniformed cops following a £3.2 million funding cut.

The cash for 100 officers, due be given to the force over the next two years by Glasgow City Council, has been pulled as the cash-strapped local authority struggles to balance the books.

Members of the council's executive committee yesterday rubber stamped a raft of cuts to their Integrated Grant Fund (IGF).

This includes cutting the Police Scotland's £3.2m award for 2016/17 by £1.6m.

The £1.6m for community policing will then be cut completely in 2017/18.

Chief Superintendent Brian McInulty said Police Scotland will now look at officer roles to "maximise visibility".

He said: "We remain absolutely committed to working alongside Glasgow City Council and other partners.

"The safety of our communities is paramount and the changes will mean that we will reassess our deployment model in order to maximise visibility across the Greater Glasgow area to provide our local communities with the best possible level of service."

The total IGF budget is to be slashed from £41.4m to £35.2m - a reduction of £6.1m in 2016/2017.

Almost half of the cuts will come from grants made to the local authority’s arms length organisations and services.

The money the council gives to fund projects within the NHS will be reduced by £48,099, city colleges will lose out to the tune of £61,900 and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will see a grant reduction of £16,770.

But the council say that the reductions have been overhauled to protect small community groups.

Councillor Soryia Siddique, executive member for communities said: "We have done everything we can to protect the third sector and, in particular, Glasgow’s small community groups.

"I know, from speaking to many of those organisations that they appreciate that approach and I want to continue working with them to build capacity, build support and build resilience in our communities.

"That starts this year with bigger organisations, including public sector agencies, helping to protect the smaller groups.”