ONE of Scotland's leading police figures and the organisation representing rank-and-file officers have called for parading organisations to use public parks for their events, expressing frustration at the limits of current legislation on marches.
ONE of Scotland's leading police figures and the organisation representing rank-and-file officers have called for parading organisations to use public parks for their events, expressing frustration at the limits of current legislation on marches.
tradition: A band plays during an Orange Order parade through Govan streets. Picture: Stewart Attwood
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JAMES WEST
David O'Connor, president of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS), said the legislation governing parades was outdated and called for greater use of conditions for organisers.
He said 54,000 man hours went into policing 1100 parades in 2010, and added that using parks would alleviate much of the disruption to public life from processions and improve public safety, as opposed to closing down the streets at taxpayers' expense.
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