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Radio 4,25 Mar 2014,28 mins

The Policing Debate

The Law Show

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How have recent stories like undercover policing, the deaths of Mark Duggan and Ian Tomlinson, and "Plebgate" affected public confidence in the police? Do the police have the right powers to do their job and do they use them as they should? Has the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales helped to make the police more accountable? Ahead of fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 men, women and children at Hillsborough, Joshua Rozenberg chairs a panel with legal, policing and political perspectives in front of an audience in Liverpool and asks: can we trust the police?

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