Closing the stable door before the horse bolts

There is still only one logical decision to be made over this ridiculous waste of North Wales taxpayers money. I was surprised to discover the horses actually have more stringent employment regulations than human officers. Consequently they can only work for a specific period of time on a daily basis. Travelling time is included in that and so if they are required in Holyhead for example, it is one day travelling, one day working and a third day travelling back to the stables in Erddig!

The common defence for the existence of the Mounted Unit is their PR role, particularly in schools. Even that task was carried out more efficiently when dedicated Schools Liaison Officers or SLOs visited packed school halls and drilled home the road safety message. Hopefully Brunstrom's folly will soon be consigned to a place in history, where they should never have left in the first place.

The Leader - News from Wrexham & Flintshire - Future of North Wales Police's mounted unit to be decided


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