£1 million down the drain with U turn
Police force mergers have been scrapped, wasting almopst £1 million in the process. The money was used for hiring consultants to advise th Home Office on the feasibility of the proposed mergers.
Sussex Chief Constable Peter Jones has welcomed the news that the merger plans have been abandoned.
He has called for more adequate funding to come from the Government top enable the county force to provide improved, modern policing.
"We are delighted that the government has at last seen sense and that this phenominally expensive programme will not go ahead," he said.
For full story see West Sussex Gazette July 19