To British firearms officers, it could be a tempting recruitment offer from police in Australia: ‘We’ve got your backs, mate’.
The authorities Down Under yesterday stepped up their pitch to hire UK officers – pledging they wouldn’t drag them through years of hell if they shot someone.
The message will not be lost amid the current furore over a Met policeman charged with murder.
Western Australia is pursuing an audacious bid to ‘steal’ hundreds of police officers by luring them