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INSIDE... 28


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05 07 29


Broken by the job: “ How my dream career was ruined by PTSD”


REGULARS


View from the Chair: John Apter reflects on current policing challenges


Nick O’ Time: Cartoonist Colin Whittock’s creative


take on policing


Policing with a difference: Simon


Nelson of the Disabled Police Association


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Committee focus: Spotlight on our Ops


Policing sub-committee


NEWS & FEATURES


07 09 13 14 17


Holding the baby: Officer delivers baby


at roadside


Surviving Covid: An officer’s harrowing ordeal


with the virus


Cycling challenge: Injured officer plans Thin Blue


Loop bike challenge


Lissie Harper: Her campaign for justice for


husband Andrew


A year in review: Why 2020 was unprecedented


for policing


20 25


26 28


Detectives in crisis: Over-worked, under- resourced and exposure to trauma


Men in sheds: Derbyshire scheme offering support


and skills to ex-cops


Special Constables: Why Specials deserve


Federation membership


A family affair: The Leicestershire cop


following in the footsteps of his famous Victorian ancestor


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