Firearms officers accused of staging 'industrial protest' as dozens down tools

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "There have been all of these opportunities to mount a legitimate action to resolve these ambiguities that exist within the law, but they've chosen this moment and en masse," he said.
47% : "They've chosen this moment to do this when actually they've had 20 years to keep pursuing the agenda of change and, other than the occasional blip in public debate, I've seen very little sustained activity from the Police Federation to actually work with government or anybody else to create the change in the law that is being described by Mark Rowley at the moment.
42% : "So what is happening now is not people who are experiencing a sudden questioning of morally whether they to want carry a gun, or do they really feel that the law doesn't support them, they are engaged in industrial protest.
40% : "The problem I have with what's going on is, those risks and the perceived weaknesses in the law are well known.

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