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Policing ‘could be sleepwalking’ into making officers carry firearms

Cash Boyle 16/11/2023
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NPCC armed policing lead, CC Simon Chesterman, said he has 'never known anything like' the situation currently facing policing after charges were brought against officer NX121.

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