Richard Atkinson addresses the Police Federation

Richard Atkinson, a Partner in Tuckers’ Kent branch, has addressed the Police Federation on the challenges facing the criminal defence community.  His speech touched on the need for the police to understand the challenges defence representatives face and also for the police themselves to remember that a number of the people that they detain in custody are actually innocent of any criminal wrong doing and so need to be treated as individuals and not numbers, when detained.

A full copy of the speech has been published by the Law Society and can be accessed here