Police threaten protests over jobs (UK)

[Joanne98]

Source: UKPA

Officers could take to the streets to protest amid fears that policing could return to the "very bad days of the 1970s", the Police Federation has warned.

Paul McKeever, chairman of the federation, which represents rank-and-file officers in England and Wales, said there would be at least 20,000 fewer officers within four years as a result of the Government's spending cuts.

Cuts of this scale could see police take to the streets in protest, he said. "We don't rule anything out at all," he said.

"Certainly there are no plans in the short term. There are a number of reviews going on. We're taking an active part in those before we decide whether we're going to go. It might happen."



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LOL! The protesters they were beating up were telling them , "We're fighting for your jobs too".

TRAITORS!

[Odin2005]

1. Fuck them!

Maybe they should have not beaten up university protesters.