'We Are Reeling with the Murders, We Are in a Crisis with Major Crime' Chief Constable Calls On Other Forces for Help As His Officers Are Overwhelmed by Violence in Britain's 'Assassination City'
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STEVE GREEN replaced the handset of his office telephone and took a deep breath. He had been trying, so far without much success, to beg his opposite numbers at a variety of other police forces to lend him their detectives.
The call was not unprecedented. Going cap in hand has become a familiar routine for Mr Green, the chief constable of Britain's most beleaguered force.See the full content of this document
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'We Are Reeling with the Murders, We Are in a Crisis with Major Crime' Chief Constable Calls On Other Forces for Help As His Officers Are Overwhelmed by Violence in Britain's 'Assassination City'
As the head of Nottinghamshire's constabulary he is fighting a desperate battle against the overwhelming tide of gun violence and murder that has been sweeping his county for the past three years.
The rocketing of the murder rate, fuelled by a raging drugs turf war, has been nothing short of as...See the full content of this document