Considerations Regarding National or Regional Police Forces

Abstract

One of the fears that has been expressed over the years, particularly during the 1984–5 miners’ strike and to a lesser extent during the disorders in 1980–1, is that a national police force seems to be inevitable. The existence of the National Reporting Centre has been seen as a manifestation of incipient central government control, and the prospect of such an occurrence is generally viewed with disapproval.KeywordsPolice ForcePolice ServiceRoyal CommissionNational PoliceLegitimate PoliceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.