Retraining to go back on the beat; POLICING.Byline: DERIC HENDERSON; MAURICE FITZMAURICEPOLICE officers being pulled off desk duties to go back on the beat are being given intensive retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train , it emerged last night. Six hundred are being redeployed from office jobs to street patrols as Chief Constable Noun 1. Chief Constable - the head of the police force in a county (or similar area) Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; Matt Baggott tries to get more officers doing frontline duties. He said: "Speedier justice will increase public confidence." His senior management team is carrying out a postby-post review before transfering more officers away from office duties. It is understood officers will face a five-week "refresher course", including firearms training, before heading back on to the streets. Yesterday the move was welcomed by Policing Board members. The DUP's Ian Paisley
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