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What is the problem with the Police Federation?
DES KEENOY takes a look at some of the difficulties facing the representative body for police officers

We’ve heard a lot of questions about the Police Federation lately. Theresa May told its conference in Bournemouth last week that the organisation would have to reform “top to bottom,” or else. 

To many the federation can seem an opaque yet powerful body. 

I was a federation representative for 24 years and it can be a complex, difficult and onerous as well as powerful and influential position. 

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