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PACE review will cut police bureaucracy

4th of March 2010

PACE review will cut police bureaucracy.

Chief constables are to be given greater powers to use back-office staff for routine tasks and simplifying pre-charge bail procedures.

New measures earmarked for the Act will help reduce bureaucracy and increase frontline time by:
- increasing the flexibility of chief constables to use back-office staff for appropriate routine tasks
- simplifying procedures for issuing bail and dealing with those who breach it
- reducing time spent dealing with detainees by issuing guidance to chief constables on making best use of short-term detention facilities.

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