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U-turn on plans for freeing up police to fight crime

Sheriff officers accuse MacAskill of reneging on transfer of citation-delivery duties By John Bynorth, Home Affairs Editor

SCOTLAND'S sheriff officers have accused the Crown Office of riding roughshod over government ministers after justice secretary Kenny MacAskill reneged on his pre-election pledge that officers should be allowed to deliver criminal witness citations.