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Met Police: Officers handing in Tasers and firearms - Sir Mark Rowley

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Summary
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79% Informative

Sir Mark Rowley said a third of officers were giving up their Taser accreditation.

More than a quarter were surrendering their firearm tickets, he said.

Sir Mark said accountability process had "got out of kilter" and violence against officers was increasing.

He said 18 officers a day were "punched, bitten or racially abused" and two per week seriously injured.

VR Score

81

Informative language

78

Neutral language

81

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

short-lived

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