From the Guardian:

Police officers guarding Trump being forced to sleep in worse conditions than prisoners, says Police Federation

Police securing Donald Trump’s visit to the UK are being forced to sleep in unacceptable conditions worse than cells, the organisation representing rank-and-file officers has said. As the Press Association reports, pictures show cramped lines of camp beds filling a vast gymnasium and sleeping mats on the floor of a squash court for officers to rest on between long shifts policing the US President’s trip, starting on Thursday.

The Police Federation has complained of the conditions its members are facing during the operation, which will see officers from across the country enlisted at a cost of up to £10m. Simon Kempton, the organisation’s deputy treasurer in England and Wales, said 300 officers are expected to sleep in the gymnasium with no hot water and restricted access to warm food. He said:

These officers have been asked to leave their families to travel to another part of the country to help protect the public and the president and all they expect in return is to be treated with some dignity and respect.

What’s clear is that anyone overnight who has been arrested by the police would be put in accommodation far superior to what the officers are staying in.

Kempton said officers at that site are only averaging three to four hours’ sleep ahead of 15-hour shifts because of the conditions.

This is from the Lincolnshire Police Federation.

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