Policing Allegiance: Drawing comfort from commitment to the policing oath

5th April 2021Rob Smallwood, Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University 3 Comments

With UK policing seemingly under constant scrutiny and a barrage of criticism, former Derbyshire Police officer Rob Smallwood, now a Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University's Institute of Policing, considers what drives allegiance to policing, and the sense of shared commitment to the police oath.

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Policing Allegiance: Drawing comfort from commitment to the policing oath

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