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Frontline officers are exhausted, Oscar Kilo chief warns

Frontline officers are exhausted from months of policing major events and fatigue is a serious concern, a chief constable has warned.

Mass protests have resulted in a backlog of cancelled rest days

Date - 15th September 2020
By - Chris Smith

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Lancashire's Chief Constable warned that a run of major events, including the Extinction Rebellion protests, had already impacted on officers before the COVID-19 outbreak. CC Andy Rhodes, also the NPCC Wellbeing Lead and Service Director for...

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