"Just for my agency, it will be a huge workload, just making the calls and waiting for a response on what to do, " the police chief of Arizona's second-largest city said.

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"It also means that a huge amount of pressure will be heaped upon Jedburgh and Selkirk Sheriff Courts as they have to take on the extra workload created by these closures, " he said.

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