Calls for local control over Glasgow police services have been rejected, as councillors instead backed moves for more local accountability and a better police complaints system.
Glasgow’s Labour leader had presented a motion to the city's full council asking them to write to the Scottish Government about the lack of local, operational accountability of police services.
Instead a joint SNP and Green amendment instructing council officers to bring a paper comparing different local police and fire scrutiny arrangements across Scotland was approved. The document will suggest potential opportunities to enhance the local accountability of these emergency services in Glasgow as Police Scotland celebrates its 10th anniversary.
