Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
1988 Kenneth Mackie 2014-02-17T18:18:55.273 Just what we expect from SNP government, only interested in central belt. We need controllers who understand the loc...
1988 Alexander Souter 2014-02-17T18:34:49.497 Once again common sense has failed to prevail. Take an existing functioning control room disband it and move it to Du...
1988 Mhairi Jarvie 2014-02-17T18:36:57.87 It's vital to public safety to keep these control rooms local!!
1988 Ian Thomson 2014-02-17T18:43:09.633 Keep the local knowledge local retain Aberdeen save money but not upgrading Dundee
1988 Jon Smith 2014-02-17T18:49:26.2 SNP will do anything to increase their voter base in the Central belt.
1988 Doris webster 2014-02-17T18:52:44.317 Closure is ridiculous !!
1988 Donald Boyd 2014-02-17T19:19:38.997 Very poor decision which has not been thought through
1988 Bill Cowie 2014-02-17T19:27:47.79 Does an operator in Dundee know where Crichie, Foggie, Fishie or Broch are, to name but a few.
1988 William Cormack 2014-02-17T19:34:07.66 Another cost cutting measure which will cost us a\r\nfortune
1988 Alexander Watson 2014-02-17T19:38:52.01 The SNP claim rule from Westminster. The SNP already do not care about the north and north east. It is all about Cent...
1988 Claire Ann Cushnie 2014-02-17T20:01:06.167 You cant cut back on such a valuable and badly needed service in the North of Scotland.
1988 Kevin Heatly 2014-02-17T20:10:11.193 Why get rid of the original service centre and the only one which is actually accredited. They perform to the highest...
1988 Gordon Simpson 2014-02-17T20:10:53.037 Aberdeen - Scotland's third largest city with no Police or Fire control centre, absolutely ridiculous.
1828 Leanne Tsui 2014-02-17T20:19:49.3 Please change this law!
1988 Charles Donald 2014-02-17T20:47:28.62 With the Royalty in Deeside, Oil Industry serviced from Aberdeen and local Airport a Control Room in Aberdeen is a must.
1988 Rona Boyd 2014-02-17T21:39:11.75 To lose Police Control Room staff (sadly) experienced in many offshore major incidents as well as having vital local ...
1988 Francis Watson 2014-02-17T21:43:02.4 Short changed again\r\n
1988 Tom McLennan 2014-02-17T21:47:12.683 This would leave the North of Scotland out on a limb!
1988 Rona Insch 2014-02-17T21:53:07.5 We need to retain local knowledge.
1988 Ian Menzies 2014-02-17T21:54:12.64 It's all about local knowledge, and that isn't possible\r\nfrom a remote area.
1988 Derek Pickthall 2014-02-17T22:45:18.783 If you remove local contact you are removing local and district knowledge which are essential with local issues, whet...
1988 Dave Milne 2014-02-18T00:41:22.757 How can a devolved government justify centralisation of services without undermining its reason for being?\r\n
1988 Hazel Thompson 2014-02-18T01:19:38.307 Having worked in a Police Control room for 24 years believe me you do need local knowledge, not only about the local ...
1988 James Mackay Beattie 2014-02-18T06:23:16.903 Already I have had a report of an ambulance call where the person making the call was asked "Where is Union Street?"\...
1988 Heather Schofield 2014-02-18T07:09:01.487 why do you want to spend more money on doing up dundee when we have an adequate one here in Aberdeen . And Once agai...
1988 Ian McAllister 2014-02-18T08:55:22.627 Absolutely ridiculous idea to relocate this service away from Aberdeen. Pay attention people, this is the type of pol...
1908 Geoff 2014-02-18T11:49:49.68 Not a warrior or a politician. Definitely not a saint but a man, a farmer, an excise man, a passionate and compassion...
1988 Mrs Sutherland 2014-02-18T12:15:54.26 Instead of cost cutting measures in Aberdeen, why not cut the roles of some of the pen pushers in the central belt! ...
1988 George Paterson 2014-02-18T12:37:52.607 Another ill- conceived and unjustified attack on our emergency services.
1988 Brenda Brown 2014-02-18T12:38:39.773 Absolutely essential that these centres remain local to the area .Full knowledge of the area is paramount in an emer...
1988 Joyce C Farquhar 2014-02-18T12:46:46.51 Being Governed by the Central Belt is no different from being Governed by London. Scotland stills needs to be regiona...
1988 David Smith 2014-02-18T14:03:06.057 Another example of doing this without any trials of the new so called control rooms and other centers actually workin...
1988 Margaret Cruickshank 2014-02-18T14:07:51.633 The older I get the more exasperated I become by all government activities, most of which are ill conceived and badly...
1999 Lawrence Deans 2014-02-18T15:35:55.993 I think local knowledge and the ability to understand local language accents is a very important reason for keeping l...
1999 Andy Gardiner 2014-02-18T15:36:05.807 Local knowledge for local people
1999 Pauline. Bain 2014-02-18T15:37:34.743 Too much at risk
1988 Derek 2014-02-18T15:39:02.237 This is only the start. Policing in the north of Scotland is slowly but steadily being destroyed.
1999 Lewis MacLennan 2014-02-18T15:39:56.13 Save the Inverness Control Room and safeguard the Highlands and Islands.
1999 Karla Stevenson 2014-02-18T15:48:49.7 Computers cannot replicate local knowledge or understand different dialects or pronunciations of place names. Local k...
1999 Debbie Nicol 2014-02-18T15:54:29.58 Signed and shared.
1999 Lawrence Deans 2014-02-18T15:59:16.41 I think local geographical knowledge and the ability to understand local language accents are vitally important in re...
1999 Andrew Dallas 2014-02-18T16:01:49.21 Let's keep the Highlands safe and stop the relentless centralisation of the Fire Service in Scotland! Leave our Fire ...
1999 Neil Ross 2014-02-18T16:04:13.473 This service covers an area larger than Belgium, and with the longest coastline, highest mountains in Scotland, is a ...
1999 David Macartney 2014-02-18T16:04:15.207 Scotland involves a lot more than just the central belt. Prove that everyone's safety matters and keep the control r...
1999 Shiona Martin 2014-02-18T16:04:38.947 The Highlands and Islands are a geographical nightmare and that's only for those who have knowledge of the area, imag...
1999 Roger Binding 2014-02-18T16:05:53.023 The loss of local knowledge will cause delays and increase the risk of injury and death to service users as soon as t...
1999 Flora Sumerville 2014-02-18T16:06:26.913 I don't believe that removing control from the Highlands will do anything but cost lives.
1999 colin coupar 2014-02-18T16:12:32.587 Signed and shared.
1999 Mary Stewart 2014-02-18T16:19:17.773 Local knowledge is vital for fast response times and the saving of lives
1999 Allan Morrison 2014-02-18T16:19:53.62 Help protect the highlands and island s fire control fire fighters rely on getting to incident as quickly as possible...