Workplace policies need to be 'substance based' and be part of health and safety policies. The police, for example, can play an important part in developing a health and safety template for employers. The White Paper provides a sound model for DATs and DRGs but there needs to be unity of opinion to make good progress on a number of fronts. Failure to co-operate or to achieve agreed targets by one agency can let down others and ultimately the public. There is a need for strong leadership and co-ordination and a network of exchange of ideas and good practice and ultimately fusion of minds and ideas among agencies.
Money laundering occupies much police time and many resources.
ACPO have focus groups looking at this problem. The 1995 ACPO conference on drugs looked at most and in detail at some of the component parts of such issues. Close links with the community must be established and preserved. The drug problem has grown and changed its shape over the years. It's therefore important to monitor the drugs market at all levels.