Just finished watching the complete S.Yorks P.A. meeting video - Fascinating !
( I liked the bit where NPAS agreed that anyone could pull out -
up to the point of actually signing a contract amd money changing hands
)
One of the BIG issues that comes out of the S.Yorks decision, is that the NPAS Rep's clearly stated that the funding model they were bandying about
( not that many details appear to have been provided to confirm any of the figures or savings ), are based on
all Police Authorites joining NPAS,
and that if some did not join up, this would
increase the cost to those that did
So now, all those ( 10 or so ? ) P.A's that have signed up "in principle" must surely need to know what these increased costs will be,
for them to re-consider their previous "in principle" decision to join
What happens if another P.A. ( or more ) decide not to join ?
At what point do those cost increases to the remaining members result in there being NO cost savings at all ?
What a mess !
