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RJ :
Have a look at Police Scotland and see why this model doesn't work.
2026-11-06 19:10:05
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silversurfer130 :
Slashed budgets, poor pay and lack of manpower.
2026-11-06 19:30:36
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nat 🏴 :
not enough of them
2026-11-06 19:55:38
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Blake :
"Yes tango 1, I know your in Lincon but can you respond to a shoplifting in derby please, tar'
2026-11-07 08:48:37
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Graham Mark :
I’ve been saying this for years. This would save so much money and make policing easier. Same uniforms. Same systems for sharing information. Same cars, etc etc. however I also believe that policing is failing because of the lack of officers for the large areas that they cover. That needs to be sorted.
2026-11-07 11:03:08
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Jonny :
It needs a proper restructure, just like the NHS. There is no template and each one is slightly different. I think a military style structure would work as a national framework (to be clear - not advocating for military police/NHS organisations, just borrowing its structure)
2026-11-06 19:30:24
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Kc :
whens the last time any of you actually seen a copper patrol down the street?
2026-11-07 04:39:40
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Leepilling :
The issue is there standard of recruitment
2026-11-07 04:58:07
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Jock :
What local police 😂
2026-11-06 20:00:36
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consistent :
The issue is not enough money and not enough staff, not that waffle
2026-11-07 02:37:55
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Joe Campbell :
incompetence
2026-11-06 19:26:10
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🇹🇷🇨🇾 :
Sounds like more of a control thing
2026-11-07 10:51:59
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theoriginalseankelly :
I imagine it’s the time spent bailing out other agencies not carrying their weight
2026-11-06 20:28:56
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tjbaggy84 :
I'd argue that he mainly sees it as a way to secure more funding for the met . lots of holes in the proposals and the idea of regional forces with strengthened neighbourhood policing is really unicorn territory
2026-11-06 19:59:21
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Carol Mcmillan :
because they have to deal with all these different protests on a daily basis
2026-11-06 19:08:56
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Ge0rge.pfc :
What about islands ?
2026-11-06 19:02:18
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user43146059502593 :
They've been on about this for years
2026-11-07 09:32:17
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DavidJB_38 :
Didn’t Warwickshire and West Mercia do this and it didn’t end well?
2026-11-06 22:29:28
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Smityy Werbenjagermanjensen :
When you centralise everything,the trouble arises when smaller rural force’s crimes are pushed to the back of the waiting list as they are deemed less of a priority to crimes committed in major cities. This has already been evidenced when W.Yorks and N.Yorks merged their forensic units. The waiting times for forensic results increased massively for N.Yorks.
2026-11-07 09:47:43
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Startthefans :
The merger of the Scottish police forces into one big force was a disaster
2026-11-07 00:10:34
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theprofile999 :
We know what will happen, across the area of 100 miles the amount of officers on paper look great, but in reality numbers will drop. Funding will become centralised and drop.
2026-11-06 21:52:39
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Big L :
Great yeah I had a billion pounds spare lying about let’s do it
2026-11-07 04:37:58
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Tony :
Because they do not care.
2026-11-06 19:42:18
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Nicole :
not that he's incompetent
2026-11-06 20:45:35
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Jason :
wast. they not botherd
2026-11-06 19:41:22
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