Decision details
POLICE RE-STRUCTURING IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To invite Cabinet to respond to the Secretary of State for Home Affairs reaffirming the Council’s previous support for retaining a West Mercia Police Force and registering the Council’s objection to the proposed merger of the Staffordshire, West Midlands and Warwickshire forces into a single police force for the whole of the West Midlands area.
Decision:
THAT the Council reaffirms its objection to the formation of a single police force for the West Midlands on the basis of the reasons set out in this report.
Reasons for the decision:
Cabinet wish to reflect their support for retention of a separate West Mercia Police Force.
Alternative options considered:
The only alternative option would be to make no objection and to accept the proposals put forward by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Publication date: 04/07/2006
Date of decision: 29/06/2006