Operational independence at risk from long term budget cuts

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Operational independence 'at risk from long term budget cuts'

Former deputy chief constable warns that 'over zealous' civil servants had doubled cuts to national force budget.

Date - 4th January 2021
By - Gary Mason

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Police Scotland’s operational independence is under threat from the “toxic” long term effects of under funding a former deputy chief constable has warned. Writing in the Scotsman newspaper Tom Wood, who was DCC of Lothian and...

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