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Socialist Organiser1981 1981-08-13Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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which guns are issued go up in number each year.
The growth of these armed detachments and paramilitary forces and the spread of "fire brigade policing" also has its impact on the police force as a whole. Officers serve only a 2 year term in the Special Patrol Groups, for example: but the training remains a part of their response to daily situations - and SPG techniques have become standard police practice.
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The last ten years have therefore brought a substantial shift in the character and conscious role of the police force. And not every police chief is happy about it.
One Chief Constable, John Alderson from the rather more placid rural area of Devon and Cornwall, has been among the most prominent critics of the slide towards paramilitary tactics, which has gained most momentum in the main indusBy Arthur NEARLY 300 people marched in the sunshine from Newcastle to Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent on August 1 as part of North Stafis CND's festival against the bomb.
About 500 people later listened to bands and sketches by local CND theatre group Limited Theatre Warfare in Hanley's Forest Park.
Though there was little support from surrounding areas the Festival is seen as a success by North Staffs CND.
There are about 500 members of CND in the area, and many people believe that the local turnout for the march and festival would have been higher were it not for rumours that the fascists were going to attack the demonstration, and the tact that there was a.large rock concert the same day only a couple of miles down the road in Bursiem.
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