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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the largest reforms to policing since the police service was founded 2 centuries ago.
Police officers will be given greater confidence to carry out their roles, with reforms to the systems that hold them to account set to enter Parliament.
Tom Winsor conducted an independent review of police officer and staff remuneration and conditions, published March 2011.
The legal test for the use of force in police misconduct cases will be returned to the criminal law test to build officer and public trust in policing.
Police chiefs will automatically sack officers who fail background checks, allowing them to root out those who are unfit to serve and clean up their forces.
This white paper sets out comprehensive reforms to policing in England and Wales to enable policing to better deliver for the public.
These documents explain the changes we are making to the law through the Policing and Crime Act.
Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) will be abolished, saving the taxpayer at least £100 million and helping to fund frontline officers to cut crime.
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