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11 March 2011updated 18 Jan 2012 4:27am

What can we learn from New York’s policing success?

The former commissioner of the Met, Ian Blair, on lessons - and a warning - from across the Atlantic

By Ian Blair

The British police have been in the news recently over the phone-hacking scandal, undercover officers and the strategies they employ during protests. But these are the complex areas of policing. The more routine bits – such as dealing with burglary, traffic accidents and neighbourhood disputes – still go on. Here, budget cuts are the biggest issue in town.

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