ACPO comment on Home Affairs Committee report on policing large scale disorder

An ACPO spokesman said:

"This report recognises that the scale of the disorder seen in August was unprecedented and that its characteristics varied across the country. It is right to commend the numerous examples of officers on the ground who showed incredible bravery and resilience, as well as the way in which police forces supported one another through mutual aid, and made use of new channels such as social media to inform and communicate with the public.

"The committee also identifies some issues which we believe are critical to get right within current policing reforms. This includes the capacity and ability to move sufficient numbers of police officers around the country when required to protect the public from national threats. We will continue to look at all the various reports into the disorder to examine how the police service can best respond in future to the kind of exceptional criminality seen in August."

A link to the report can be found here: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news/plsd-report-publication/

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