NPCC warns new government that justice system is in a critical state

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GMP Specials given Level 2 public order training to provide back up - Deployment is partly designed to reduce the number of rest days that need to be cancelled.

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NI Policing Board looking to appoint an interim chief - Chair Deirdre Toner told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee last week that the option of appointing an interim chief was 'simply not one that was open to us'.

NPCC warns new government that justice system is in a 'critical state'

The ailing criminal justice system was the 'real issue' Martin Hewitt raised during meetings with the new government, particularly with the new Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Date - 23rd September 2022
By - Cash Boyle

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The Chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council has told the government that the criminal justice system is in a "critical state", with a range of issues combining to create unprecedented levels of backlog. Speaking at the second...

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