The local authority is not alone in having to consider these types of cuts in the current economic climate.

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The police authority is looking into the costs involved in having the cameras removed before it makes a final decision, thought to be later this year.

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Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Mr Herald is accused of having "appropriated the sums of money without lawful authority".

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Some organisations are also having to deal with local authority cuts and so the situation is extremely challenging.

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Stephen House, Chief Constable of the new Police Service of Scotland, is having discussions with Vic Emery, chairman of civilian oversight body the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), over who should have control over the deployment of police staff.

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Hagel also said the Wilkerson case raises the question of whether it is necessary or appropriate "to place the convening authority in the position of having the responsibility to review the findings and sentence of a court-martial, " particularly when military law allows for a rigorous appeal process.

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