Rotorua police are concerned job cuts could reduce the abilities of frontline staff.
Police are set to cut 125 employees in what Commissioner Peter Marshall is labelling a "fine-tune" of staffing numbers.
Mr Marshall announced last week that job cuts were necessary in the coming financial year for the force to live within its means.
All the redundancies would come from the ranks of non-sworn support staff and no cuts would be made to frontline services, he said.
"In terms of non-sworn support staff positions that will be impacted, we expect that the number will be around 125. However, the organisation was carrying around 75 vacancies so the task would be achievable with a minimum of difficulty."