IS SOMETHING wrong in South Yorkshire Police?

On Sunday July 23 there was an accident on the A1(M) around midnight. Motorists unlucky enough to be caught up behind this were left on the carriageway for seven-and-a-half hours by South Yorkshire Police.

We were expected to just sleep in our cars. The hard shoulder was available to take cars and smaller vehicles back to the previous junction. I know as I was there.

South Yorkshire’s finest refused to listen to any suggestion or attempts to persuade them to take that course of action in person and over the telephone.

Is leadership lacking in South Yorkshire constabulary? Do they need to be merged with the other Yorkshire forces?

Scotland merged all its seven forces into one making massive savings which could be used to deploy more front line police.

Nigel Boddy, Darlington