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Matt Vickers: ‘Politicians are always too quick to criticise police officers for one-in-a-million incidents’

SUBSCRIBE 8th April 2025James Sweetland, Policing Insight  2 Comments
As the Conservative Party approaches the end of its first year as the Official Opposition to the UK’s Labour Government, Matt Vickers, the Shadow Minister for Fire, Policing and Crime, spoke to Policing Insight’s James Sweetland about the Tories record in office and their claim to be the “party of law and order”, the need for politicians to provide police officers with more clarity and backing, and why policing should be making more use of the “wonder tool” that is facial recognition.

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