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| Scotland does not have enough police officers to do the job properly, a Holyrood inquiry has found. | Scotland does not have enough police officers to do the job properly, a Holyrood inquiry has found. |
| The Scottish Parliament's justice committee also called for an independent review of the role of modern police forces. | The Scottish Parliament's justice committee also called for an independent review of the role of modern police forces. |
| The Scottish Government has announced that 500 new officers will be taken on. | The Scottish Government has announced that 500 new officers will be taken on. |
| But MSPs on the committee recommended that ministers should find more cash to take on at least 1,000 more police by 2011. | But MSPs on the committee recommended that ministers should find more cash to take on at least 1,000 more police by 2011. |
| Justice committee convener, Tory justice spokesman Bill Aitken, said: "Our committee is unanimous in our opinion that at current levels, police resources appear to be inadequate to allow forces to effectively meet all of their present commitments." | Justice committee convener, Tory justice spokesman Bill Aitken, said: "Our committee is unanimous in our opinion that at current levels, police resources appear to be inadequate to allow forces to effectively meet all of their present commitments." |
| "We welcome the Scottish Government's commitment to recruit 500 additional officers to work in communities across Scotland but think they need to go further." | "We welcome the Scottish Government's commitment to recruit 500 additional officers to work in communities across Scotland but think they need to go further." |
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| The report came after parliament demanded that ministers found more money for extra police, as it voted to endorse the principles of the budget plans. | |
| However, Finance Secretary John Swinney has warned that cash would have to be taken from elsewhere to pay for the move. | |
| Opposition parties have claimed the government performed a U-turn on an SNP manifesto commitment to take on 1,000 more officers. | |
| The report welcomed the setting up of the Scottish Police Services Authority in April 2007, as well as moves to boost the monitoring of police performance. |