The proposed merger of Sussex and Surrey Police by our Home Office has yielded this response from the Council’s Policy and Strategy Committee:

Resolved that Adur District Council vigorously oppose the proposed merger of Sussex and Surrey Police areas on financial grounds and the potential loss of local knowledge, loss of local democratic control and reduced quality of service for local people.

You can read the full minutes here: Minutes of 25 July 2006 Policy and Strategy Committee meeting.

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