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Police chief opposes East of England mega force merger plan

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 07:02 · Archive

Suffolk's police and crime commissioner opposes merging Norfolk and Suffolk forces with four other East of England constabularies.

A major policing review could lead to significant restructuring of England and Wales's 43 constabularies into fewer, much larger forces. The review, led by former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe, is due to make recommendations later this year.

Norfolk and Suffolk could potentially be merged with Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire into an East of England "mega force". However, Suffolk's police and crime commissioner Tim Passmore has vowed to oppose this proposal.

Mr Passmore said he has told the home secretary he is "very much opposed to the creation of mega forces" involving six constabularies. He believes such a merger would be "damaging for Suffolk Constabulary". Instead, he is exploring closer collaboration and a possible merger between only Norfolk and Suffolk, which already collaborate in several areas and would be "far preferable" to becoming one member of a six-force regional structure.

Police chief opposes East of England mega force merger plan
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In this story: Norfolk Police · Suffolk Police · Tim Passmore · Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe · Essex · Cambridgeshire · Hertfordshire · Bedfordshire

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