Minor clarification: Calum MacLeod was the chair of the Police Federation, which is effectively the trade union for police officers in England and Wales (below

Minor clarification: Calum MacLeod was the chair of the Police Federation, which is effectively the trade union for police officers in England and Wales (below the rank of Superintendent -- senior officers have their own association). The Federation is often pretty vocal whenever police come in for criticism, so its actions here weren't out of the ordinary. (Which doesn't justify them, of course.)