Muslims more confident in police than rest of population

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Muslims 'more confident' in police than rest of population

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Date - 4th December 2014
By - Helena Hickey - Police Oracle

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Muslims have more confidence in the police than the rest of the population, analysis of the Crime Survey for England and Wales has found. A report which analysed responses to the annual crime surveys from 2006-2010 found that around 71 per cent of...

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