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Public order: ‘We are closer now to UK riots than at any time since 2011’

SUBSCRIBE 4th August 2020Former Chief Superintendent Owen West
With routine stops escalating into major public order situations, people targeting and baiting officers, and the tension between police and policed now 'palpable', former Ch. Supt. Owen West – a crowd policing specialist – fears the UK is on the brink of serious summer disorder; yet officers must avoid developing a siege mentality.

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