“We will scrap stop and search forms and cut bureaucracy to allow police officers to spend more of their time on the streets fighting crime”
Is that really a good idea?
Yes we should cut bureaucracy to an absolute minimum, but not remove it completely. Do we really want the police to be able to stop anyone they want and not to have to record it somewhere so the public can see who and why they are stopping people?
David
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