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Police Federation changes policy on legal aid for members

01 January 1991

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Police Federation changes policy on legal aid for members
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Alan Eastwood, chairman of the Police Federation, has renewed
his call for the police to identify bullies and racists among
their ranks and to deal with them. `We cannot keep on saying
the garden is lovely and there is no problem,' he said in an
interview in the Times, `because it does not wash with the
public.' He also announced that the Police Federation had
changed its policy of providing legal aid to any officer facing
prosecution or pursuing civil actions over allegations of
police misbehaviour. In future, the circumstances of each case
would be examined and legal aid withheld where officers had
acted in an indefensible manner.
In his interview, Mr. Eastwood expressed fears of the
development of a `rump police service' in the 1990s, dealing
with only the most difficult and dangerous work as private
security firms and civilians took over other roles. This would
produce a `two-tier' system where those who could pay got quick
service and the rest make do with whatever was available when
it was available. (Times 18.9.90)

IRR Police-Media Bulletin No 64. Institute of Race Relations,
2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS

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