Witness Protection Unit

This centralised body co-ordinates the Force's Witness Protection
Programme. It consists of 34 officers, supported by a volunteer cadre of
64 officers, who can be called in for large operations. It liaises with other
government departments to arrange for the security of co-operating
prisoners and for the relocation of witnesses and their families in the
community. The unit was greatly involved in the drafting of legislation to
facilitate the re-identification of endangered witnesses.

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