Public ‘Fed up of Virtue-Signalling Police Officers’: New Manchester Police Chief

Public ‘Fed up of Virtue-Signalling Police Officers’: New Manchester Police Chief
Undated photo of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Chief Constable Stephen Watson. GMP/handout via PA
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Police impartiality is at risk when officers make gestures such as “taking the knee,” the new police chief in Greater Manchester has said.

Stephen Watson, the new chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), told The Telegraph on Sunday that he thought the public is “fed up of virtue-signalling police officers when they'd really rather we just locked up burglars.”