The people must have direct involvement in the way society is policed

THERE is no doubt that policing in Scotland needs reforming.

Nor is there any doubt that the aspect of policing which most needs reforming is the relationship between the police and the people they serve. Who can argue that a relationship of mutual respect and support would not do incomparably more for social cohesion and cost-effective policing than all the centralising structural changes to policing that are proposed in the Police Reform Bill?

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