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Sunday, 22 November 2009

The purpose of this Bill is to reduce bureaucracy and increase accountability in the police force, and to help reduce crime further.

The main elements of this Bill are:

implement reforms set out in the Policing Green Paper due to be published in May. These include
- providing a clear and powerful public voice in decision making through directly elected representatives
- reducing bureaucracy in the police service.
implement recommendations from Sir Clive Booth’s report, Determining Pay in the Police Service
improve the arrangements for recovery of assets obtained through criminal means
improve the arrangements for judicial co-operation in relation to extradition
repeal provisions in this area which are unused, unlikely to be commenced or no longer required