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| Acpo head urges policing review | Acpo head urges policing review |
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| Ministers should draw up a blueprint for the direction of policing over the next 50 years, the Association of Chief Police Officers' president says. | Ministers should draw up a blueprint for the direction of policing over the next 50 years, the Association of Chief Police Officers' president says. |
| Ken Jones will tell Acpo's annual conference in Manchester that officers' numbers are starting to fall but their roles are getting more demanding. | |
| He will call for a review which should establish a consensus on what police should and should not be doing. | He will call for a review which should establish a consensus on what police should and should not be doing. |
| Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown is also due to address delegates. | Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown is also due to address delegates. |
| In his first major speech on law and order since being confirmed as the next prime minister, the chancellor will talk about the police as being the "face of law and order" as well as their role in tackling terrorism. | In his first major speech on law and order since being confirmed as the next prime minister, the chancellor will talk about the police as being the "face of law and order" as well as their role in tackling terrorism. |
| 'Mission stretch' | 'Mission stretch' |
| BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said senior officers believed the police service was at a crossroads with a long period of investment ending and officer numbers beginning to fall. | BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said senior officers believed the police service was at a crossroads with a long period of investment ending and officer numbers beginning to fall. |
| At the same time, the duties and responsibilities of the police appeared to be growing more demanding. | At the same time, the duties and responsibilities of the police appeared to be growing more demanding. |
| This represents "mission stretch", Mr Jones will tell the conference. | This represents "mission stretch", Mr Jones will tell the conference. |
| He wants a commission of the "great and the good" to consider the way forward for policing. | He wants a commission of the "great and the good" to consider the way forward for policing. |
| The last such review in the early 1960s led to the tripartite system of police governance and accountability involving the home secretary, police authorities and forces. | The last such review in the early 1960s led to the tripartite system of police governance and accountability involving the home secretary, police authorities and forces. |