Examination of Witness (Questions 180-181)
SIR ALISTAIR
GRAHAM AND
MR RICHARD
HEMMING
26 APRIL 2006
Q180 Chairman: Thank you. I am glad
to establish that.
Sir Alistair Graham: But I do
know it is a serious option that the Department of Transport are
looking at.
Q181 Chairman: Yes but it would presumably
be cheaper in the view of railway systems, we do not quite know
what it is but we know it would be cheaper.
Sir Alistair Graham: There are
models of policing which we know Home Office police forces are
looking at, neighbourhood policing, for example. Is that a concept
which would easily transfer into a national specialist police
force? When you take for example somewhere like Leeds, Leeds Station
and the surrounding area as an equivalent neighbourhood could
have a different approach to policing. I do not know. These are
all issues one should never reject out of hand. I am absolutely
clear that there is not a possibility of having a serious national
specialist police force and having it refocused to substantially
cheaper bases.
Chairman: Sir Alistair, you have been
extremely helpful. I am sorry we have not involved you in this.
I am sure your moral support has been enormously important. Thank
you very much, gentlemen, for coming.
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