Police forces will ‘fail’ to tackle organised crime and grooming gangs unless they undergo urgent changes, chiefs have warned.
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said replacing the ‘bureaucratic, top-heavy spaghetti model’ will result in more bobbies on the beat and less duplication.
He said failure to make widespread changes would lead to ‘the inevitable decline of our ability to protect the public’.
Sir Mark and many other chief constables are in favour of switching from the current system of 43 constabularies to a three-tier approach under one National Police Service, with up to ten regional forces supported by local neighbourhood teams.
But critics
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