Changes to Police Watchdog Scrapped ; Government Bows to Public Concerns

The Journal › December 19, 2008

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GOVERNMENT plans to directly elect officials to oversee chief constables were yesterday dropped after a North East council chief spoke out against the proposals.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith blamed the U-turn on opposition from senior police, partially fuelled by "politicisation" of policing by the Conservatives in recent months - denied by the Tories.

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Changes to Police Watchdog Scrapped ; Government Bows to Public Concerns

"There has been a fundamental shift in the way people think about the politicisation of the polic...

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