NBPA Chair: "The environment is toxic at the minute"

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NBPA Chair: "The environment is toxic at the minute"

The Chair of the National Black Police Association has told Police Oracle that his local Chairs are feeling the emotional and physical drain of being "caught in the middle".

NBPA President Chief Inspector Andy George

Date - 21st October 2022
By - Cachella Smith

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The NBPA Chair, Andy George, has called for “radical measures” including changing the way misconduct and grievances are handled internally. He also says that the local Chairs of the association feel caught in the middle between the...

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