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Cuts Prompt Fed Chair's Departure

Paul McKeever to retire from Police Service – but he pledges to "keep fighting for what's right".

Date - 6th July 2012
By - Jack Sommers - Police Oracle

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Paul McKeever, the Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, will retire in January 2013, claiming he cannot remain with the Police Service while it is under attack.He posted on Twitter: “I cannot stay within a service that is...

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