PSA President questions decision to call in HMIC over policing activism

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PSA President questions decision to call in HMIC over policing activism

Paul Fotheringham also used his presidential address to emphasise the importance of neighbourhood policing as a 'must have' and urged the government to engage more on welfare.

Date - 11th September 2023
By - Cash Boyle

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What Home Secretary Suella Braverman perceives as political activism in policing is actually the service's desire to "promote and welcome inclusion in all its forms", according to PSA president Paul Fotheringham. Ms...

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