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• The number of recovery operators used for roadside breakdowns in North Yorkshire is likely to be slashed from 400 to only 100 in an attempt to improve quality and efficiency of recovery, North Yorkshire police has admitted (CM 26 March-1 April).
The massive reduction will happen at the end of this year if a pilot scheme being run at present is approved by the Home Office. Under the scheme, which has received criticism from the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators, the RAC has been contracted to organise the call-out from an approved police list. The opera
* tors are called out in a fair rota system, unless the person who has broken down is a member of a particular breakdown organisation.
North Yorkshire police, one of several forces re organising its call-out system, has provided the RAC with guide lines on the quality it expects.