It's an absolute disgrace that our under-funded Grampian Policeare still having to plead for extra money to help cover extra duties(Evening Express, December 20).
These include providing protection for the Royal Family and policing the offshore oil industry. This has been going on for fartoo many years.
It's no wonder we don't have enough police to carry out theirnormal duties in the community, far less those two important extraresponsibilities.
And what about the drug barons from the south who continue totarget the North-east?
Our police have worked continuously and very effectively tocombat this scourge, but there no end to this diabolical trade.
Where does the extra finance come for all of those contingencies?
Above all other police forces in Scotland, Grampian Policedeserve far more money than they get for all the duties they have tocover.
It is time that the Scottish Government and its representativeMSPs in the North-east recognised that fact.
It's just not good enough that our police should have to keepbegging for extra money.
Irene BryceFerryhillAberdeen
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