Fed chair: Bodycams 'used amid a culture of fear'

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Fed chair: Bodycams 'used amid a culture of fear'

Officers are relying on body worn cameras to keep them in the clear if misconduct claims are caught, says Steve White.

Date - 3rd October 2014
By - Royston Martis - Police Oracle

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Police officers are “afraid to do their job” because they live in fear of being accused of wrongdoing, the Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. Steve White (pictured) described a culture of fear in the Police...

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