THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE FOURTEENTH REPORT OF THE HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SESSION 2010–12 HC 939 New Landscape of Policing Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty December 2011 Cm 8223 £10.25 © Crown copyright 2011 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or e-mail:
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