United Kingdom

T_i_B

(14,738 posts) Sat Dec 19, 2015, 06:12 AM Dec 2015

Plans for PCCs to oversee fire services 'dangerous'

So now, in addition to the Police we could be looking at the fire service being politicized!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35138665

Plans to allow fire and rescue services in England to be overseen by police and crime commissioners have been called "dangerous" by the Fire Brigades Union.

The Home Office is due to take control of fire and rescue policy in 2016, with the government consulting on emergency services working together more closely.

Ministers argue it could lead to large savings and benefits to the public.

The government has said it wants to see a more joined-up approach in the way police and fire services work together. As well as proposing to make PCCs responsible for some fire services, it has also said that fire chiefs could become chief constables and run both police and fire services under a PCC.

1 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Plans for PCCs to oversee fire services 'dangerous' (Original Post) T_i_B Dec 2015 OP

This is "merely" the ascendance of the Right chapdrum Dec 2015 #1

chapdrum

(930 posts)

1. This is "merely" the ascendance of the Right

Reply to T_i_B (Original post)

Sat Dec 19, 2015, 04:46 PM

Dec 2015

and of course, not just in Britain.

After all, a significant number re-elected Cameron wot.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like millions of people in several
countries are perfectly comfortable with this mentality...but some complain
about the resultant policy(ies) anyway? Nonsensical (to me).

Btw, was born in London, but have lived in California most of my life.
The same sh**e is going on here, and in the U.S.

Reply to this discussion