Profile: the officer wellbeing chief

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Clarify police helicopter limits says IOPC after Grenfell complaint - The public must be told that police helicopters cannot rescue people, the standards watchdog has ruled following a complaint from a Grenfell fire family member.

Retired officer suicides going "unnoticed", says NARPO - The chief executive of NARPO has said the lack of data on retired officer suicides stops them getting the support they need.

Potential sites for terrorist attack too large for policing alone, MPs told - Metropolitan Police's Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, AC Neil Basu, said that private industries needed to "step-up" to deal with the threat of attack in public places.

Gender could become characteristic protected by hate crime laws - Misogyny could become an offence under reformed laws on hate crime, the Law Commission has said.

Profile: the officer wellbeing chief

Gary Mason reviews the contribution to officer welfare of Lancashire chief constable Andy Rhodes who has announced his intention to retire next year.

Date - 8th July 2020
By - Gary Mason

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Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the appointment of the UK’s first female chief constable, Pauline Clare. This week, the current chief constable of the force she took over in 1995, announced his intention to retire from policing after...

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Clarify police helicopter limits says IOPC after Grenfell complaint

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