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Article: Labour threat to Strathclyde police revealed
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- Scotland on Sunday
- Article date:
- January 22, 2006
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SCOTLAND'S biggest police force will be broken up under a
controversial Labour plan aimed at boosting the local accountability
of law enforcement.
Strathclyde Police - which covers nearly half the population -
would be drastically cut in size, with large areas hived off to other
existing forces, under the Scottish Labour plan.
But the idea, which is under consideration for Labour's 2007
Holyrood manifesto, has already provoked a storm of criticism.
The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) and
Strathclyde Police Board said the idea defied reason.
Critics warn that if the break-up goes ahead, Scotland will lose
all the expertise and benefits of having a large force, such ...