All community volunteer-run galas, riding of the marches, shows, charity events and fundraisers will be 'risk assessed' in 2025
Dozens of event organisers across Dumfries and Galloway have been told their policing resources are at risk following an internal Police Scotland review. The new measures were announced in a letter from Superintendent Jim McMillan of Dumfries and Galloway Police Division. The change means community volunteer-run galas, riding of the marches, shows, charity events and fundraisers – which the police have supported for years – could all be in jeopardy.
He said: “We need to see an urgent clarification that this policy will not proceed and an admission it is wrong to suggest community events are an appropriate area to cut resources. “We cannot allow the increasingly central belt agenda of Police Scotland to destroy the valued community policing model that has long been the norm and expectation in this region.” Mr Mundell said he was speaking on behalf of constituents and events organisers who had contacted him.
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