Supt Simon Nelson: When it came to getting support for disabled officers ‘I felt like the wasp at the picnic’

11th November 2022Tina Orr Munro - Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

When the UK Disabled Police Association (DPA) was launched 10 years ago, disability was still not considered a protected characteristic in policing; Supt Simon Nelson, who steps down as President of the DPA after eight years in post when he retires from policing next month, believes the situation has now significantly improved – but as he explained to Policing Insight Contributing Editor Tina Orr Munro, there’s still much more to be done.

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