Tri-force merger 'rejected entirely '

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Tri-force merger 'rejected entirely '

'While I am PCC there will be a Bedfordshire Police' says Kathryn Holloway.

PCC Kathryn Holloway

Date - 21st June 2018
By - JJ Hutber- Police Oracle

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The prospect of tri-force merger has loomed over the Eastern region for over a decade but police chiefs and commissioners tore up proposals during crunch talks, it has been revealed. Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke wanted Bedfordshire, Essex...

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