9 Conclusion
86. Since 2010 the Home Secretary has set out
an ambitious plan for the new landscape of policing, with some
organisations being abolished and others created and with functions
being reallocated. Her aim was to declutter the landscape and
to ensure that policing was able to meet the challenges of the
21st century. We consider that she was right to embark on this
journey. It is too early to say if all the changes meet this test,
especially as the changes have been initiated during a period
of austerity. Furthermore, it is far from clear that if we have
been left with fewer organisations. We hope that it will be a
priority for our successor Committee to monitor and evaluate this
development.
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