At that time the IRA agreed to become involved in a disarmament process as part of an overall political package to restore the suspended powersharing executive and implement all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement including police reform and demilitarisation.

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But in the latest report, Diversity Matters, published in May 2003, the authors comment on the failure of police authorities to fully implement the earlier reports' recommendations.

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The report also shows for the first time that South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service documents were subject to the same kind of alterations as those of police, and that the ambulance service failed to implement its major incident plan properly.

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Kent Police said they may have to implement Operation Stack on Thursday because of the planned industrial action.

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But PSAEW president Derek Barnett said the idea, which he claimed would cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to implement, would not "bring any significant benefits" to police forces.

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