Police Scotland and local accountability of the force should be reviewed on the 10th anniversary of the service, according to Labour councillors in Glasgow.

George Redmond, Glasgow, Labour group leader, told a meeting of the council there were issues with councillors being able to properly scrutinise the force and said funding arrangements were making it difficult for officers to deliver the services the city needs.

In a motion to the council, he said: “In Glasgow, we have lost 200 police officers and one in four 101 calls are discontinued.

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“This is clearly not good enough, Glasgow deserves better our communities deserve better. Police officers do an outstanding job” but, he said it was being undermined by “the incompetence of the SNP government to adequately fund public services.”

The motion called for the council to write to the Scottish Government to “review the local accountability of policing as part of the New Deal for Local Government”.

Redmond’s motion stated: “The Police is an important institution in our communities. Police Scotland is not immune to the institutional challenges faced by other police forces in the world and the Police can function best when they are held to account by local communities and local people.”

The SNP however said the current arrangements were working and blamed the UK Government for budget cuts.

Paul McCabe, for the SNP, said: “Scrutiny is the process of holding local commanders to account. I believe the current arrangements are robust, principled and based on past learning.

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He added, however, “It should be open to review”.

He said: “I acknowledge numbers have been reduced due to budget pressures”.

The council’s treasurer, Richard Bell attributed this to “The difficulties of funding from the UK Government.”

Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, said: “Police Scotland provides a valued and valuable service. Constituents expect and appreciate a police presence on our streets.

“Police Scotland is not perfect, it makes mistakes, sometimes serious ones and must be held accountable."

She added: “I’m not sure what this motion seeks to achieve. Is it the abolition of Police Scotland?”

The motion was defeated by SNP and Green councillors.