Coverage of our Freedom of Information reports in The Times:
“Rory Geoghegan, a former police officer and the founder of the Public Safety Foundation, told The Telegraph: “Across Europe and much of the rest of the world, routine arming has not destroyed legitimacy — it has saved lives.”
A former No 10 adviser to the Conservative government from 2020-22, Geoghegan added: “What corrodes trust is not seeing a constable carry a pistol, but seeing one cut down by a knife or gunfire because their leaders denied them the tools to protect themselves and the public.”
Read the full piece here.