Date: 18/12/2018

Ministers are pursuing a medium-term alternative to the stalled merger of British Transport Police into Police Scotland, it has been confirmed. Plans to integrate transport policing into Scotland's single national force were put on hold in August amid concerns from officers and unions.

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Ministers propose an "interim" alternative to the stalled merger of railway policing into Police Scotland.

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