Executive calls for enforcement
The Scottish Executive has called for North Lanarkshire Council "to respond appropriately in terms of enforcement" to the news that Council Leader Jim McCabe lit up a cigarette during a magazine interview conducted on council premises, in contravention of laws passed by the Scottish Parliament.
Read the story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6265105.stm
The Executive appears to be less eager to call on Strathclyde Police "to respond appropriately in terms of enforcement" when it comes to compliance with laws, also passed by the Scottish Parliament, relating to police recruitment.
The Police (Scotland) Regulations state quite clearly that Scottish Ministers set the eyesight standards which should be applied to police recruitment.
Yet Strathclyde police are refusing to apply these standards in relation to colour vision and have rejected at least eight applicants who were deemed fit in every other way to serve as a police constable.
This matter was raised last Thursday in the Scottish Parliament by Linda Fabiani MSP who called on the Executive to "undertake to ensure that the one Scottish police force that contravenes these regulations amends their recruitment procedures and makes amends to those applicants who are unfairly and unjustly disadvantaged."
The Executive has been quick to call for enforcement against smokers. For some reason they seem reluctant to call for the police to comply with the law.
Read the story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6265105.stm
The Executive appears to be less eager to call on Strathclyde Police "to respond appropriately in terms of enforcement" when it comes to compliance with laws, also passed by the Scottish Parliament, relating to police recruitment.
The Police (Scotland) Regulations state quite clearly that Scottish Ministers set the eyesight standards which should be applied to police recruitment.
Yet Strathclyde police are refusing to apply these standards in relation to colour vision and have rejected at least eight applicants who were deemed fit in every other way to serve as a police constable.
This matter was raised last Thursday in the Scottish Parliament by Linda Fabiani MSP who called on the Executive to "undertake to ensure that the one Scottish police force that contravenes these regulations amends their recruitment procedures and makes amends to those applicants who are unfairly and unjustly disadvantaged."
The Executive has been quick to call for enforcement against smokers. For some reason they seem reluctant to call for the police to comply with the law.
posted by Absolutely PC at 10:42 pm
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