1.   It clearly felt that the police authority should have no control over general policy or the operational side of police work.

2.   Mr. Brooke Many factors enter into account when the police authority needs to respond to complaints of that sort.

3.   Mr. Lloyd Of course, but Decisions on the effective use of manpower are taken by the police authority and the police force.

4.   Party political interference, he said, rejecting the possibility of a London police authority, was especially to be abhorred.

5.   Police authorities say they have smashed a sophisticated insurance fraud ring.

6.   The outstanding issue is using the resources that the police authority has effectively.

7.   There are moves to have the chief constables of the new forces appointed directly by the Home Secretary instead of local police authorities.