Cutting their bureaucratic procedures would, of course, make the police more cost-efficient and probably also improve their levels of fitness.

The best of intentions are getting badly distorted by apprehensive staff and bureaucratic procedures.

Bureaucratic theorists see the collective decisions of smaller actors in the bureaucratic procedure as what influences the foreign policy, not the decisions of the high-ranking executive officials.

Most were guilty in some respect of bureaucratic procedures, lack of sympathy, poor communications, conflicting advice, a 'computer says no' mentality or sheer indifference.

The government, see, was just following established bureaucratic procedures.