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“More pressure has been piled on Police Scotland after the death of a young woman who lay in a crashed car beside her dead partner for three days following a failure to log the accident. Justice Secretary Michael Matheson yesterday ordered Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) to undertake an urgent review of all police call handling” The circumstances surrounding the tragic deaths of John Yuill and Lamara Bell were discussed by our online posters: “Without wishing to take anything away from the principle matter which is the terrible loss suffered by the families I never the less have to say that I believe that Chief Constable Stephen House should step down. He should be suspended from duty until such time as the ongoing inquiries and, I hope wider inquiries, are completed – Andrew McMillan, Scotland It has to be easier for those who work in public services to be able to speak up when services are not working. – Neil Homer, Polmont I think part of the problem is that House wants a Police Force and the country wants a Police Service – Michael Curran (Borders) This is the price for this government’s obsession with centralisation. It’s time to put ‘local’ back into our police service – Scott Brady, Fife Interesting to be demanding more powers from Westminster when the ones the Govt of Scotland already possesses are been utilized in a cack-handed fashion – C Johnston, Bali, Indonesia The same arguments were raised when the police forces were merged into regional ones rather than county ones – Dallas Carter Join the debate at heraldscotland.com