UK officers hear about Capitol Hill riot during Washington visit

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UK officers hear about Capitol Hill riot during Washington visit

International exchange programme designed to share knowledge on tactics and legitimacy.

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Date - 23rd May 2022
By - Gary Mason

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Fourteen senior officers from Police Scotland visited Washington DC in March as part of an international policing exchange programme and heard from the US Capitol Police about the attack on 6 January, 2021 when a mob of Donald Trump supporters...

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