... they just pull the cash plug and bye, bye, NPAS...
I don't think that they CAN pull the plug - at the Onset several Police Forces were querying the
potential cost savings and improvements in efficiency that were being spouted by the NPAS sales team,
and resisted joining NPAS, which delayed their planned start dates.
Then the Government stepped in with the "Police (Collaboration: Specified Function) Order 2012",
which
ordered all forces to collaborate.
Even the Met, who resisted, have now been forced to join in, and I think if anyone tried to opt out now,
they would just be "top sliced" and would still end up paying - for a service they don't receive.
Not so much a case of Onward and Downward, more Round and Round until the thing stops turning completely.
Nail.