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SCOTLAND'S most senior police officer has hit out at the uncertainty over who will foot the bill for London Olympics events being staged north of the Border, insisting it will cost his force "many hundreds of thousands of pounds".
Steve House, chief constable of Strathclyde Police, said that as it was "the London Olympics and not the Hampden Olympics" and his force should not be expected to pay the costs of putting hundreds of officers on duty during the competition.See the full content of this document
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Row Over Who Pays Bill for Olympics
Mr House also urged his governing body to write to the Scottish Government, Home Office and London 2012 organisers seeking clarification on who will pay ...
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