Miners' strike: senior officer was 'appalled' at conduct of other police

Letter to Labour MP increases pressure for inquiry into how picketing was handled during the 1980s dispute A senior police officer has broken ranks to describe how he and others were "appalled" at the behaviour of colleagues during the miners' strike as calls mount for a fresh inquiry into the policing of the dispute. The former Cleveland Constabulary officer said he was so disillusioned with the behaviour of a number of police towards striking miners that he asked to be excused from attending p...