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Retired Copper. Husband. Dad. Believer in Hope. Writes a bit too. 'The Fallen' from @Orionbooks is out now. Contact: lwilliams @greeneheaton .co.uk

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John Sutherland
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🎆🎆🎆COVER REVEAL 🎆🎆🎆 Are you ready to save a life? #TheFallen is out in paperback on August 29th. And you can preorder your copy here: (p.s. Top Secret Tip: Book 3 in the series will be out in the New Year)
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John Sutherland
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This is Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole He was known to his friends as Jimi He was 20 years old Yesterday, he gave his life to save the life of a complete stranger And I don’t have words to describe how extraordinary I think he is Rest peacefully, you brave, beautiful young man...
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John Sutherland
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Today I am remembering PC Andrew Harper, killed on duty on this day three years ago. Thinking of Lissie and of all who knew him best and loved him most. Rest peacefully mighty man.
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John Sutherland
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On March 1st, a white teenage girl was stabbed to death in London. In the days that followed, I lost count of the number of calls I had, asking for media interviews. On March 22nd, a black teenage boy was stabbed to death in London. And I haven’t had a single call from the press.
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John Sutherland
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This is what a hero looks like... Rest peacefully mighty man. #OfficerDown
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John Sutherland
3 years
Marcus Rashford, I’m proud of you. Jadon Sancho, I’m proud of you. Bukayo Saka, I’m proud of you. #ThreeLions
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John Sutherland
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I don't want a 2p cut to National Insurance. I want a country that isn't broken.
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John Sutherland
3 years
I find Covid and lockdown and grief and uncertainty incredibly challenging, but... I wear my mask I keep my distance I wash my hands I work from home I’ve had my first jab And I don’t attack police officers.
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John Sutherland
7 years
Dear Media, Please can you stop posting pictures/footage of my wounded colleague... Or of any of the injured. Thank you.
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An off duty Special Constable has given Glenn Hoddle a fighting chance... An on duty Police Constable risked his own life in an attempt to rescue the occupants of a crashed helicopter... They represent the very best of who we are and what we can be.
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John Sutherland
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You see a police officer in real trouble. Do you: (a) Wade in to help them? (b) Use your phone to call for help (there may be a genuine reason for not being able to help yourself)? (c) Start filming? If you answered (c), you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror...
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John Sutherland
4 years
Dear @SkyNews , I've just checked your UK News Homepage. There are three obviously negative stories about policing on there. But not one single mention of the astoundingly brave Met officer who has been stabbed today. It's almost as though you couldn't give a damn...
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John Sutherland
4 years
Remembering them all today. Every last one of them. "Greater love hath no one than to lay their lives down..." #NPMD2020 #OfficersDown
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I just don’t think that today is the day for ‘not all men’, or ‘not all police officers’… Today is a day to be horrified. To be angry. Really, really angry. To be deeply distressed. To ask as many questions as need asking. To remember. Her name was Sarah.
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John Sutherland
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Today, I am remembering PC Keith Palmer GM. Murdered on duty five years ago today, defending the Houses of Parliament from a terrorist attack. Rest peacefully mighty man.
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John Sutherland
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Today I am remembering PC Keith Blakelock QGM. Murdered on duty on this day in 1985. Rest peacefully mighty man.
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3 years
On this day in 2017, these three men risked their lives confronting armed terrorists on London Bridge. They'll tell you that they were just doing their jobs. I'm telling you that they're absolute bloody heroes. PC Leon McLeod QGM PC Wayne Marques GM PC Charlie Guenigault GM
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John Sutherland
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Today, I am remembering PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who was gunned down in the street thirteen years ago today... Rest peacefully brave one.
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John Sutherland
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Marcus Rashford is everything that is extraordinary about this country... The Daily Mail is everything that is wrong with it.
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Marcus Rashford
4 years
Ok, so let’s address this. I’m 23. I came from little. I need to protect not just my future but my family’s too. To do that I made a decision at the beg of 2020 to start investing more in property. Please don’t run stories like this alongside refs to ‘campaigning’.
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John Sutherland
3 years
Please have your first jab. Please have your second. Please have your booster. Please wear a mask. Please keep your distance. Please think of others. Please do your bit.
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John Sutherland
3 years
The solution to male violence is not handing out personal alarms to more women. The solution to male violence is dealing with violent men.
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3 years
Her name was Julia James... Rest peacefully sister.
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John Sutherland
4 years
Right now, I am thinking of Lissie Harper... And of everyone who knew and loved PC Andrew Harper... Rest peacefully mighty man.
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John Sutherland
6 years
If you realise that you’re not able to celebrate an England win without breaking stuff or scaring the living daylights out of people or generally behaving like a complete numpty, the rest of us would be grateful if you just stayed indoors... #ItsComingHome
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John Sutherland
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I am not for one moment suggesting that the murder of a white girl should somehow matter less. But I absolutely am suggesting that the murder of a black boy should matter a whole lot more...
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John Sutherland
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Today, I am remembering PC Andrew Harper. And thinking of Lissie and of everyone who knew and loved him most. Rest peacefully brother.
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This is what a hero looks like... #OurOfficers
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John Sutherland
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When I made that promise all those years ago Ma’am, I made it to you…
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John Sutherland
3 years
Two police officers were stabbed today. But, apparently, neither they nor their colleagues do a job deserving of a pay rise.
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John Sutherland
5 years
Today, I am remembering a hero: PC Keith Palmer GM. Rest peacefully, you extraordinary man.
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John Sutherland
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If you are a police officer and you see things or hear things from colleagues that aren't right, but you don't say or do anything about it, you are part of the problem... Silence is collusion.
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John Sutherland
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The headline reads: “Lone police officer rugby tackled suspected Reading knife attacker.” For more than 25 years, I worked with heroes. Absolute bloody heroes.
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John Sutherland
4 years
Enough already of the criticism of police officers... Yes, there have been a couple of individual cases where things could have been better handled - but isn’t that true if life? Mostly, they are a bunch of bloody heroes doing the very best they can in unbelievably testing times.
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Dear Daily Mail
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For the rest of my days, I will remain fiercely proud to have been a police officer...
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Dear @MarcusRashford This is Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole He was known to his friends as Jimi He was 20 years old Yesterday, he gave his life to save the life of a complete stranger I wanted you to know his name
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An economist as Chancellor A Housing Minister who grew up in social housing A state-school-educated Schools Minister A Health Secretary who owes his life to the NHS A KC as Attorney General A Prisons Minister with years of experience in the field People with lived experience...
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John Sutherland
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Is there any chance we could have @BootstrapCook and @MartinSLewis running the country? I have massive respect and admiration for both of them…
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John Sutherland
2 years
Today, I am remembering Sergeant Matt Ratana, murdered on duty two years ago today. Rest peacefully mighty man….
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John Sutherland
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You're allowed to be angry You're allowed to protest But please be peaceful Not least because the emergency services are already flat out...
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John Sutherland
3 years
Four years ago today, a police officer gave his life protecting politicians of every party. Four years on, is it asking too much for politicians of every party to speak out in unequivocal support of good policing?
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John Sutherland
3 years
The police officers who are stopping and searching our young men are the same police officers who are fighting desperately to save the lives of our young men when they’ve been stabbed. They’re not different people.
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John Sutherland
6 years
Somewhere out there today, a respected company will get itself in a right old mess with its portrayal of policing... Meanwhile, up in Scotland, two officers will be in hospital, receiving emergency medical treatment for serious stab wounds. They define what policing really is.
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John Sutherland
3 years
Today I am remembering PC Keith Palmer QGM Murdered by a terrorist on March 22nd 2017 Rest peacefully mighty man
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Home Secretary, that is exactly what every neighbourhood did have in 2010, before your government cut 44,000 officers and staff from policing in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Priti Patel MP
3 years
As part of the new #BeatingCrimePlan we're launching today, every neighbourhood in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 will have contactable, named police officers, who know their area & are best placed to tackle persistent crime & anti-social behaviour. Making your streets safer. 👉🏽
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Somewhere out there this week, a police officer went to the aid of a stranger in distress... Now that officer is very seriously ill in hospital. God forbid we ever take our Coppers for granted...
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John Sutherland
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I'm not on Facebook, but a friend just emailed this to me. Bloody hell, it's powerful...
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John Sutherland
4 years
I choose my side... It’s with the women and men standing on the thin blue line. Not with the people gathered in crowds, refusing to wear masks, behaving like buffoons.
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Protesters shout 'choose your side' and confront police during an anti-lockdown demonstration at Trafalgar Square
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Dear @NHS You saved my mum’s life 3 times. You saved my sister’s life twice. You looked after me during the worst days of my life. You looked after my dad during the last days of his life. And, today, you vaccinated me. I simply wanted to say thank you.
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John Sutherland
4 years
If you sincerely want better policing, the relentless demonisation of the women and men who do the job has to be just about the worst approach you could possibly take...
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John Sutherland
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While politicians continue to tear one another & the country apart... Police officers will keep on policing; Nurses will keep on nursing; Teachers will keep on teaching; Ordinary people will keep on doing the very best they can; All of them needing & deserving so much more...
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John Sutherland
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Remembering PC Keith Blakelock Murdered on October 6th 1985 Rest peacefully mighty man
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John Sutherland
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Today, I am remembering PC Andrew Harper of Thames Valley Police who was killed on duty on this day in 2019. Today, I am thinking of Lissie, his widow, and all those who knew him best and loved him most. Rest peacefully mighty man.
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John Sutherland
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Today, I am remembering PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone. Murdered on duty on this day 10 years ago. Rest peacefully, you beautiful human beings.
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She mourned her husband alone. She will be mourned by millions.
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Today, I am remembering Nicola and Fiona... Rest peacefully, you beautiful, extraordinary human beings.
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John Sutherland
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I’m sorry, but this statement simply isn’t true. - 44000 officers/staff cut (2010-18) - £billions cut from budgets - Neighbourhood policing cut - Dogs cut - Horses cut - Air Support cut - Real terms pay cuts The damage done to policing by politicians is beyond calculation
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Our support for our brave police officers is unwavering and we will always ensure they have the resources and powers they need to fight crime and protect the public
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John Sutherland
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I don’t want to hear his name. I want to remember her name.
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John Sutherland
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Horribly misleading headline from the Telegraph. The ‘mistake’ is entirely the Government’s: - the mistake of austerity - the mistake of cutting 44,000 officers & staff - the mistake of dismantling neighbourhood policing This is on the Government. All of it.
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John Sutherland
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Everywhere out there today, doctors, nurses, paramedics, police officers and so many others will take a deep breath, dust themselves down and go again... We owe them all a profound debt of gratitude.
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John Sutherland
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Today, I am remembering WPC Yvonne Fletcher, murdered outside the Libyan embassy on this day in 1984. She was 25 years old. Rest peacefully, you beautiful human being.
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Offering an opinion about policing is a whole lot easier than actually being a police officer...
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All Coppers Aren’t Bastards...
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Family conversation about Coronavirus at kitchen table... Me to children: Is there anything you want to ask? Wife to children: “I want you to know that I’m not scared” Eldest child to wife: “You’re drinking a lot of alcohol and singing a lot of opera for someone who isn’t scared”
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It turns out that all coppers aren’t bastards...
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John Sutherland
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Off duty. Every single one of them…
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A knife-wielding man has been jailed after a group of off-duty officers rushed to intervene as he attacked another man in #Southwark Shocking footage demonstrates "the heroism shown by these officers is nothing short of exceptional" as they separate the attacker from the victim.
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John Sutherland
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Don’t boo the Italian anthem. Don’t sing offensive songs. Don’t get drunk if you can’t handle your drink. Win or lose, don’t be a tosser… #ThreeLions #ENGITA #ItsComingHome
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John Sutherland
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It is deeply unfashionable to be standing up for policing at the moment. It is more important than ever that we do so. (Never as blind apologists, but as those who understand that policing is a heck of a job and that those who do it are deserving of our endless gratitude.)
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John Sutherland
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I see we're back to criticising the police again... At least, that's what some of us seem to be preoccupied with doing. Me? I think they're a bunch of absolute heroes, doing the very best they can in completely unprecedented times. I'd rather spend my time thanking them...
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John Sutherland
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Central London this afternoon. The Police Federation aren't holding back...
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Remembering...
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My wife has just remembered that, earlier today, she tied her hair back with a pair of (clean) knickers. She’s been to the dentist in the meantime.
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John Sutherland
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More urgent than Brexit: 1) Murders of children on our streets 2) Murders of women by their partners 3) Human Trafficking 4) Unchecked rise of extremism 5) Rising homelessness 6) Rising need for food banks 7) Inadequate MH care 8) Chronic underfunding of public services
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John Sutherland
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Thank you Cress. For your kindness. For your support. For your friendship. For your love for the girls & boys in blue. For your service. I wish you incredibly well for whatever the future holds.
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John Sutherland
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Neither the biggest story, nor the most important one at the moment but, up and down the country, good police officers are hurting today...
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John Sutherland
5 years
Suggestions for police officer wellbeing: 1) Briefing as a team (in person, not remotely) 2) Double Crewing 3) Canteens in police stations 4) Debriefing as a team (in person, not remotely) 5) Enough officers to get the job done All things my generation of PCs took for granted...
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John Sutherland
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If you stand against injustice and inequality, I stand with you. If you stand only for violence and disorder, I stand against you.
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John Sutherland
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11 yr old nervous of taking underground today. So we hugged & talked about being Londoners & not being afraid. Then we caught the tube home.
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John Sutherland
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A question for all those who have been vocal in their complaints about the police response to the pandemic. Is there anything you would like to say about this?
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John Sutherland
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Please don’t be a tosser. Please stay at home tonight.
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John Sutherland
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Since people seem to be talking about it today, my opinion on the subject - based on more than 25 years in policing: Domestic Violence is terrorism on an epic scale, a disease of pandemic proportions and the single greatest cause of harm in society.
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John Sutherland
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I can't read the details emerging from the trial of those accused of murdering PC Andrew Harper. It's too much. But I can remember him. And I can think of Lissie. So that is what I will do.
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John Sutherland
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During the course of our lives, most of us will be exposed to extreme trauma on 3-4 occasions. During the course of their working lives, police officers and paramedics will be exposed to extreme trauma on 400-600 occasions. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2021
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John Sutherland
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To every officer who responded last night, thank you. To every officer still on duty, thank you. You are as extraordinary as people can be.
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John Sutherland
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Dear @SkyNews Please could I politely ask you to amend your headline to reflect the fact that this happened in America. And please can you stop trying to undermine police-community relations in this country. Thank you.
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Sky News
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A 13-year-old autistic boy has been shot 11 times by police who were called to his house by the teenager's mother
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John Sutherland
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His name was Sergeant Matt Ratana...
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Any attack on a police officer is an attack on civilised society...
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I am passionately supportive of good policing. I am passionately opposed to bad policing. It’s vitally important to be both of those things.
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3 years
If you see a police officer out on patrol today, buy them an ice cream...
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John Sutherland
5 years
Remembering PC Dave Phillips. A husband. A dad. A police officer.
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John Sutherland
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This is what a hero looks like... Rest peacefully Areema Nasreen, you utterly extraordinary human being.
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John Sutherland
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Chuffed to bits with my retirement gift. Now hanging proudly on the wall at home...
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This is entirely beautiful…
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This is Joziah. In April, his dad was killed in a car crash on his way to work as a detective. His fellow officers didn't want Joziah to be alone on his first day of kindergarten. So they did this.
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John Sutherland
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Have been speaking on the phone to my 77-year old mum. She's a cancer survivor, a transplant survivor, a diabetic with heart problems. She's in self-isolation and has spent her morning out in her garden, planting bulbs. Which seems to me like the perfect thing to have done.
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John Sutherland
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Would it help if we switched the House of Commons off and then switched it on again...
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John Sutherland
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Today, I am remembering PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who was murdered on duty on this day in 2005. Rest peacefully, you beautiful human being.
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It is a matter of great regret to me that, in more than 25 years as a police officer, I never made use of the term ‘Bat-Shit Crazy’ in a televised briefing...
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Jacqueline Felgate
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Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius taking zero crap from protesters @7NewsMelbourne 👮‍♂️👏
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John Sutherland
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Remembering Keith. PC Keith Blakelock, MPS Murdered 6th October 1985 Rest peacefully, mighty man.
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John Sutherland
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Extraordinary People. Extraordinary Job. Extraordinary Times.
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