Police officers have every reason to be proud

18 July 2011

Following several weeks of intense scrutiny during which time certain media and politicians have made comments about the police service, Paul McKeever, Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, says:

"Over the last week daily events have seen a small number of journalists, politicians and police officers under intense public scrutiny.

"Where any wrong doing is found to have occurred it is right that those individuals concerned are dealt with appropriately.

"However seeing and hearing some of the recent commentary by some media and politicians I must object, on behalf of all police officers across England and Wales, to the grossly offensive and incorrect assumption that the police service suffers from wide scale corruption.

"If we identify a bad doctor we don't hear widespread condemnation of the entire medical profession.

"This must be kept in context and not become an excuse for political point-scoring. The British police service remains the most open, accountable and professional police force in the world and the men and women who work within it are of the utmost integrity and have every reason to be proud."

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