Treat public protection like other policing specialisms, say supers

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Treat public protection like other policing specialisms, say supers

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Chief Supt Gavin Thomas

Date - 1st June 2016
By - Ian Weinfass - Police Oracle

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Public protection should be regarded as a policing specialism in the same way as things like firearms and public order, according to the Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales. A survey of members of the organisation –...

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