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On Monday evening at the City Council's Policy and Resources (Police, Fire and Community Safety) I was pleased to support my colleague Lesley Brennan in her attempts to get the council to object to the closure of the police counters at Longhaugh and Maryfield Police Stations.
This was an interesting debate where a number of SNP members indicated clear dissent from the party loyalist, the Scottish Government can do no wrong attitude being promoted by the Administration. It was a shame that they did not have the courage of their convictions when it came to voting.
Whilst it is true that people are more and more using the telephone and electronic means of contacting the police there are still a relatively large number of people who want to visit the police station in person and speak to a human being. In large part this policy is driven by the need to reduce civilian police staff numbers. I am not convinced that this is the way forward.
I was pleased to hear Cllr Jimmy Black support that part of Lesley Brennan's proposal which called for a reassurance that future changes to the police service would be reported to the council in a timeous manner. I was pleased to second his suggestion and I was disappointed that this reasonable cross-party proposal was ruled out of order.
Scottish Labour is running a campaign on this issue, you can support that campaign here. http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/campaigns/entry/save-our-police-service
This was an interesting debate where a number of SNP members indicated clear dissent from the party loyalist, the Scottish Government can do no wrong attitude being promoted by the Administration. It was a shame that they did not have the courage of their convictions when it came to voting.
Whilst it is true that people are more and more using the telephone and electronic means of contacting the police there are still a relatively large number of people who want to visit the police station in person and speak to a human being. In large part this policy is driven by the need to reduce civilian police staff numbers. I am not convinced that this is the way forward.
I was pleased to hear Cllr Jimmy Black support that part of Lesley Brennan's proposal which called for a reassurance that future changes to the police service would be reported to the council in a timeous manner. I was pleased to second his suggestion and I was disappointed that this reasonable cross-party proposal was ruled out of order.
Scottish Labour is running a campaign on this issue, you can support that campaign here. http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/campaigns/entry/save-our-police-service
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