I'm wondering how much of this is Government push-back after the Police Chiefs decided to run with prophecies of doom in response to having their beloved paper pushers taken off them and being forced to nick people for a living instead of massaging statistics in direct contradiction of home office direction.
If the police chiefs can talk out of their hindmost to protect their little empires no reason HMG can't put the frighteners up them in return. If it gets them to do as they have been told and stop following the previous government's obsession with paperwork and inefficiency it's all good.
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