UNISON response to Sunday Herald report giving detail on "horrendous" cuts to police support staff

30 September 2012
UNISON response to Sunday Herald report giving detail on "horrendous" cuts to police support staff

SCOTLAND's single police force is facing "horrendous" cuts worth £300 million over the next three-and-a-half years, according to official figures leaked to the Sunday Herald. 

The dossier, produced by a working group led by senior police officers, proposes an immediate loss of 550 civilian jobs, followed by another £74m of redundancies and early retirements.

Gerry Crawley, Unison's lead officer for police in Scotland, said: "If these figures are true, then they amount to a dramatic cut to the police service, and Unison will not accept these cuts. It has to be pointed out that best value, which is one of the key elements of the single force, will not be met by these plan. The cost of replacing support staff with police officers will be horrendous."

From Sunday Herald 30 September 2012

Full story here: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/revealed-how-the-police-cuts-will-bite.19018408

See also UNISON Scotland press releases and website:

26 Sep: UNISON calls for action to avert 3,000 police staff job cutshttp://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/septoct/2609.htm

4 Sep: Police numbers increased by taking uniformed officers off the street  http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/septoct/0409.htm

UNISON Scotland website - Police Staffs page
http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/police/index.html

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