Too many Police Officers pushing paperclips, not patrolling streets - ALCOCK

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Wed 16th Sep 2009

Greater Manchester police

Commenting on Alan Johnson's announcement that he will cut police red tape, Shadow Liberal Democrat MP for Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton, Mark Alcock said:

"Police red tape has been the subject of countless reviews and endless warm words in the last decade, but we still have too many officers pushing paperclips and not enough on patrol in Oldham Borough and across Greater Manchester.

"It is vital that the remaining safeguards in stop and search forms maintain the confidence of ethnic minorities, as they are six times more likely to be stopped than white people.

"Ministers must now press ahead with further reforms from Sir Ronnie Flanagan's review of police bureaucracy."

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