COUNCILLOR Potter (Money well spent, Letters, The Press, November 13) is trying to put a positive spin on the fact that North Yorkshire Police wasted £250,000 of taxpayers' money on the abortive police force merger. She claims that the money was used to carry out vital work with other police authorities.
The chairman of the Association of Police Authorities, Bob Jones (Labour), said that "the money police authorities spent was money that would otherwise have been spent on improving local policing for local communities".
I'm sure that most residents would rather their money had been spent on more police on the beat, rather than on cross-boundary relations. Rather than trying to cover up for the Government, Coun Potter should admit that the plan to merge police forces was ill-conceived, unnecessary and wasteful.
Councillor Madeleine Kirk, York Outer Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesperson, Melcombe Avenue, Strensall, York.
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