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"TEXAN police officer Ben Johnson is facing showdown talks with Thames Valley Police chiefs after he went public on a 'let me carry a gun or I quit' ultimatum."
"The 34-year-old father says he was forced to demand more protection because Reading's mean streets are more dangerous than his former beat in Dallas."
"PC Johnson became the first foreigner to join the British police when he came to England three years ago."
"But he says he was forced to reevaluate his position as an unarmed bobby after the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford last month."
"He told Thames Valley Chief Constable Peter Neyroud that policing in Britain is 'dangerous' and that officers are 'illtrained and ill-equipped' to cope." ... |
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