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7/6/2025, 12:57:21 PM
>Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has called for the creation of 12-15 mega forces as part of what he described as “the first serious reform of our policing model in over 60 years”.
>Writing in The Sunday Times, Sir Mark said the current system of 43 county forces had not “been fit for purpose for at least two decades”.
>He added that bigger forces would be better able to utilise modern technology and would reduce “expensive” governance and support functions.
>Sir Mark said: “The 43-force model was designed in the 1960s and hasn’t been fit for purpose for at least two decades. It hinders the effective confrontation of today’s threats and stops us fully reaping the benefits of technology.
>“We need to reduce the number of forces by two-thirds, with the new bigger and fully capable regional forces supported by the best of modern technology and making better use of the limited funding available.”
>Writing in The Sunday Times, Sir Mark said the current system of 43 county forces had not “been fit for purpose for at least two decades”.
>He added that bigger forces would be better able to utilise modern technology and would reduce “expensive” governance and support functions.
>Sir Mark said: “The 43-force model was designed in the 1960s and hasn’t been fit for purpose for at least two decades. It hinders the effective confrontation of today’s threats and stops us fully reaping the benefits of technology.
>“We need to reduce the number of forces by two-thirds, with the new bigger and fully capable regional forces supported by the best of modern technology and making better use of the limited funding available.”
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