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Chair Reacts To Tom Winsor's Statement on Wanting to Trawl Police Officer's Private Mobile Phones

8 November 2021

Stu Berry, Chairman of Greater Manchester Police Federation, said: “What a ridiculous suggestion. Officers should not be subject to a level of intrusion which belongs in a totalitarian state.

“We are already dealing the many failings of the IOPC and the subsequent mental health issues those protracted investigations cause for our members. We certainly don't need another layer of nonsense to cause them further stress.

“If there are going to be spot checks on mobile phones, maybe Government Officials and MP's should trial this first."

The Police Federation of England and Wales said: "Police officers are subject to the law, like anyone else. Random checks of their personal phones for nothing more than a fishing exercise would be excessive, disproportionate and unlawful.

“Police officers deserve to have a private life."

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/.../sir-tom-winsor-trawl...