Policing

UK cuts to make more brutal police tactics inevitable: Official

More potential budget cuts by the new Tory government in the UK would force British police to adopt “paramilitary” enforcement tactics to maintain their ability to enforce law and order, the head of the police officers’ organization has warned.

“You get a style of policing where the first options are teargas, rubber bullets and water cannon, which are the last options in the UK,” said Chairman of the UK’s Police Federation Steve White, as quoted in a Sunday report by The Guardian daily.