REGARDING the proposed police force merger, option one, on face value, would be the best option for York and North Yorkshire, as this would give one officer to 1.15 kilometres.
Option two would illustrate police shortages in that it gives one officer to 1.35 kilometres. The wide open spaces would suffer.
We have no say whatsoever regarding the running of the police and so far as York councillors on the police authority are concerned they may as well not be there, as they don't seem to be able to answer very important questions about 2007.
Importantly that £22 million extra we have been forced to pay has now become some £47 million in North Yorkshire Police Authority's band.
When members of the authority come to set next year's precept, I suggest it is reduced by that sum.
Mr P Richardson,
York Road,
Haxby, York.
Updated: 11:08 Thursday, December 08, 2005
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