324 Police Officers To Go

[testing times]

Hidden amidst the 'aren't the Tories awful' smokesreen lurks a concentratation of resources, particularly at senior level, around the Middlesbrough/Stockton partnership and away from Hartlepool - yet another step which diminishes the town's standalone status.   

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Add the possibility that any future 'restructuring' could result in a merger between Hartlepool and Stockton police districts.  Should this happen Stockton's higher crime rate would almost inevitably result in resources being directed away from Hartlepool. 

[Inspector Knacker]

If the normal  process is followed, the police station will be closed and a minor crime unit opened in some tarted up shop ... all major crime wil be dealt with in Stockton ....I really shouldn't joke.
Mind you,if we ever get a Teesside wide authority, we'll be so far out on the edge our police service will be the North West mounted police.

[testing times]

I gather the crime figures in Stockton are higher than in Hartlepool - this is the logic of the Teesside City 'Vision' - we are all entitled to have the same level of crime so resources will move to Stockton and Hartlepool's crime figures wil be allowed to equalise with Stockton.

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Are some of them 'volunteering' via their conduct ?

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10182725.Police_ordered_to_re_investigate_case_of_wrongful_arrest_by_IPCC/?ref=rss