How could the Police, Council, and Fire Scotland make you feel safer in the city centre?
That's the question being asked this afternoon during a drop-in session at McDonald Road Library, from 2.00–4.00pm. Representatives seek public input to establish three priorities for the next Edinburgh Local Policing Plan.
If, for example, you feel you'd be safer if sex workers in saunas did not have contraceptives at hand, then now is the time to say so.
Alternatively, perhaps you'd like community policemen to drop the tedious, daytime, community element and focus on telling night-time George Street binge-drinkers to behave themselves.
Bothered by the mysterious contents of other people's pockets? Perhaps suggest a rigorous stop-and-search policy for anyone caught in the city centre with bulges.
What about asking all Edinburgh police officers to speak in a comforting Glaswegian accent?
The possibilities are endless.
However, if you are unable to attend this afternoon's meeting, you may wish instead to address your thoughts to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Sub-Committee.
Convener Christine Grahame MSP wants to know 'how the newly merged Police Scotland force is bedding in across the country and whether people have noticed any benefits or deterioration in the service they have come to expect from their local police'.
Email her your comments by 29 November.
Tell us what you think about Police Scotland's city-centre priorities, by email spurtle@hotmail.co.uk on Facebook Broughton Spurtle or Twitter @theSpurtle
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