Joan Dales castigates Rodney Hills over his criticism of North Yorkshire Police Authority (Letters, March 11).

Although I agree that the policewomen who were subject to discrimination should be compensated, I have always wondered why the tax payer always picks up the bill.

Should not the compensation be paid by those who perpetrated the offence and not by the innocent public?

AS Wilson,

Hunters Way,

Dringhouses,

York.

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