Head of Crime & Justice for Westminster think tank, Co-founder @Police_Now, Previously @metpoliceuk police officer, “Not a terrible human”
Jul 25, 2024 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
The footage that has come out of Manchester Airport of a police officer apparently kicking and stamping on a person on the floor has shocked a lot of people… here are a few thoughts about the police use of force in this case /1🧵
The use of force almost always looks terrible - even when it is entirely lawful - it is often chaotic, with heightened emotions and noise there are usually more things going on than any single person could process quickly enough to get things 100% right every time /2
Jun 10, 2022 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Today I write in @CityAM about the significant drop over the last four years in Londoner’s belief that “the police does a good job in their local area” 1/n cityam.com/crime-in-capit…
This is according to the @MOAPCLdn Public Attitudes Survey data published by City Hall every quarter 2/ london.gov.uk/what-we-do/may…
