Get the facts: The police
Police confirm officers did not suffer broken bones at Bristol protest
Avon and Somerset police initially said one officer had a broken arm and another had broken ribs.
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Burnt-out police car in Bristol protests was not fake
A photo of a burnt-out police car taken during protests in Bristol is not ‘a prop’
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The public dislikes disruptive protests—but less than the Telegraph says
People are strongly against violence or serious disruption at protests, but opinion is more balanced when the inconvenience is smaller.
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Crime in London has risen less than the rest of England since 2016
Police recorded crime per person in London is up 18% since 2016. Across England it is up 31%.
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Many children have been the victims of grooming gangs, but there’s no evidence for a figure of one million
And we can’t objectively compare the public response with Black Lives Matter
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We know of no successful convictions of a police officer for the killing of someone in police custody since 1971
Also two police forces and one officer have been prosecuted successfully for crimes related to the death of someone in custody since 1971.
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Police officer numbers in England and Wales
The number of police officers has dropped by 20,600 since 2010.
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Don’t compare Labour and Conservative costings for police recruitment
Labour’s costing for more police officers appears smaller because it doesn’t take into account recruitment or training.
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Does stop and search work?
Discussion of stop and search focuses on its use as a crime deterrent. But this ignores its use as an investigatory power.
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Are assaults on police officers rising?
We know that all recorded assaults have risen since last year, but we can’t compare them to previous years before that.
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