![WMN opinion: Closing front counters pulls the police and public...]()
It is, in many ways, the way of the world. We no longer call, in person to see our bank manager, insurance agent or even – in many cases – the shopkeeper who sells us our groceries. Online communication, shopping via the web and renewing everything from a tax disc to a library book can be done online or by phone. So why should we expect to tell a policeman, face to face, when we have been the victim of crime, or a witness to it? The closure of 11 police front counters in some of...
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