Governance in Wales is a convoluted mess that needs to be fixed walesonline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walesonline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IN RECENT weeks, the Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police has made headlines in some quarters by suggesting that Wales’ four police forces should be scrapped and replaced with a single nationwide service.
to aled scourfield after two years as the chief constable of cleveland police, dr richard lewis is back at the force where he started his career as a police constable in the year 2000. and he s a man on a mission. he believes wales should have one police force. doing away with those borders means i think we can provide a more effective service. one chief constable rather than four, one deputy chief constable as opposed to four, dare i say one commissioner instead of four. i suppose the concern will be that resources are pulled towards the towns and cities. how do you make sure that every part of wales gets a quality police force under that system ? i recognise that concern and i think there is a way of dealing with that. whether it is creating shadow structures within wales to ensure the number of police officers currently working in dyfed powys, for example, remain within the old borders of dyfed powys. if you think that the number of police officers in wales is broadly similar to the
THE new Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police has made waves by suggesting that Wales’ four police forces should be scrapped and replaced with a single nationwide service.
Wales top police officers divided over proposal to create one Welsh force walesonline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walesonline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.