UK protest policing can leave officers in a ‘no-win position’ trying to balance competing rights

22nd July 2022Keith Potter, Editor, Policing Insight 1 Comment

Ahead of next week’s London Policing College workshop on policing public order, workshop chair Roger Gomm QPM (a former Metropolitan Police operational commander) talked to Policing Insight about the challenges officers face when policing protests, and the dilemma of balancing the rights of protestors and the wider public.

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UK protest policing can leave officers in a ‘no-win position’ trying to balance competing rights

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