Interview: the PCC candidate moonlighting as a Special

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Interview: the PCC candidate moonlighting as a Special

A candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire tells how volunteering as a Special has changed his perspective of policing.

Festus Akinbusoye

Date - 1st December 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Festus Akinbusoye committed 400 hours to being a Special Constable over 11 weeks, 160 of which were training, exceeding Bedfordshire’s annual requirement of 192 hours and ending up in the top two of all Specials in the county for hours over...

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