Police Forensic Services

Councillor Gareth Derrick introduced a motion on Police Forensic Services.  The motion was seconded by Councillor Sally Haydon (Cabinet Member for Customer Focus and Community Safety).

Following a debate and vote Council agreed, in a letter to Police and Crime Commissioner signed by the Leader of the Council, to call for her to keep Devon and Cornwall Police Forensic Investigation staff under local control to retain the integrity of our policing services, and to take steps to reverse the evident reduction in the use of forensic investigation which damages public confidence in policing and inhibits long-term crime prevention.