Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Saturday 12th April, 2014. Unison Protest SNP Spring Conference. Unison are the Union representing Police Staff in Scotland. The SNP proposal to close Police Office counters or reduce opening hours is designed to reduce the policing budget, resulting in 120 police staff posts redundant. Although the offices remain, public access will be removed or reduced. Credit: Mar Photographics/Alamy Live News
Campaign against police staff job cuts - for a balanced modern police team UNISON is campaigning to stop thousands of police staff jobs being cut due to police force reform in Scotland in the immediate future. "Feb 2012: Briefing on Police and Fire Reform The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill currently before the Scottish Parliament will create a new unitary police force (and a unitary fire service) in Scotland. Scottish government savings combined with a pledge to keep a specified number of police officers - 17,234 - have led police chiefs to propose massive cuts to support staff jobs. Over a thousand jobs have been lost in 2010-2011. Two thousand or more additional jobs are at risk. Meanwhile police officers are doing police staff jobs. UNISON believes in a balanced and modern police service with police staff doing the jobs for which they are trained."
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Location: Aberdeen, Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire, UK
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