LISTEN: Highland MSP voices concern over Police IT setback
A Highland MSP is voicing concern about delays to a new IT system that is meant to assist call-handlers taking control of emergency calls in the North once the Inverness call centre closes its doors.
A Highland MSP is voicing concern about delays to a new IT system that is meant to assist call-handlers taking control of emergency calls in the North once the Inverness call centre closes its doors.
Rhoda Grant's been telling MFR News that the procurement process for the new Police IT system has been withdrawn.
She's written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, asking for certain reassurances:
Ms Grant added: "I want the Cabinet Secretary and the Government to now come out and say that they are 100% satisfied that the service being provided to the Highlands and Islands by Police Scotland in relation to the new centrally based Police Control Rooms will not be diminished or negatively affected by the closure the North Control Rooms.
"If they are all so confident, then this statement should be a simple one to make."