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o tell the police
jobs’
officers had been in the best bring more people from outside policing into
interests of the country. the force. But it’s been right for the country
“You haven’t agreed with and the public. And if the Conservatives are
the changes we’ve made to re-elected we will go further and open up the
pay and pensions, but they very top jobs in policing so that we get the
were right for the country broadest possible skills and talent at the very
and the public to tackle the top of our police forces.”
huge deficit we inherited.
You haven’t agreed with the OUR REPS SAY:
drive for greater efficiency in
policy budgets, but it’s been “Amber Rudd started by paying
right for the country and the tribute to Keith Palmer and all of the
public,” the Home Secretary fallen officers during the previous
told officers. 12 months as well as committing
“You haven’t agreed with to support the building of the new
the steps we’ve taken to police memorial, albeit there was no
promise of any further funding for
www.westmidspolfed.com this. From this point on the remainder
of the Home Secretary’s speech
seemed to be the same as delivered
by Theresa May at her last conference
12 months ago. There was nothing
new, the same rhetoric and platitudes
receiving derision from the audience
when she came out with the line,
‘the Conservative Party will be the
party of law and order’. She claimed
to have cut red tape and a target
driven culture, which is not something
that is being witnessed by officers at
the front-line. The remainder of the
speech was blatant electioneering
when she called the Labour hierarchy
a ‘group of Marxists’.
“One positive from the Q & A came
when she confirmed her support for
police forces to roll-out the use of spit
guards to protect officers from the
degrading and disgusting behaviour
of some people that officers have to
deal with.”
Steve Grange, secretary of West Midlands
Police Federation
“Just a party political speech.”
PC John Williams
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