ACPO Calls For 'Foundation' Police Forces / Police Oracle, 20 June 2008
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“Adopting a status similar to that of foundation hospitals would allow forces to decide their own priorities locally and focus their efforts on frontline policing rather than paperwork, said Ken Jones, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO).”
“Responding to the ACPO Chairman, Ken Jones’ call for the introduction of foundation forces, Simon Reed Vice Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales said; “For over two years now we have been calling on the government and chief officers to cut bureaucracy and allow frontline officers to exercise their discretion, restore commonsense policing and quit chasing targets instead of criminals.”
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