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Police and PCCs in Surrey and Sussex to procure supplier for £9.8m legal services framework
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Police arrest gym owner on suspicion of breaching COVID lockdown regulations, council issues venue with prohibition notice
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Police authority launches procurement of £3.98m legal services framework
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Police called to council meeting argument over standards report
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Police called to meeting of Welsh council amid row over sex education curriculum
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Police force appoints council legal team and two law firms to £2m framework
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Police force breached data protection rights of vulnerable teenager by disclosing information, court rules
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Police force data breach
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Police force hit with £130k monetary penalty for losing rape victim interview
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Police force issued with £750k fine for “serious” data breach involving staff data
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Police force issues second dispersal order in bid to tackle hare coursing
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Police force reprimanded after incorrectly merging records of people with same name and date of birth
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Police force settles claim brought by nurses over fine for Covid regulation breaches during pay protest
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Police force to establish £1.1m+ legal services framework
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Police force to procure legal services worth up to £650k
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Police force undertaking “rapid and thorough review” after Hertfordshire couple arrested over complaints made about primary school
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Police investigator fined for emailing restricted information to personal account
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