BEDFORDSHIRE Police has won a coveted award for its handling of February’s English Defence League march.
The Force was presented with the partnership trophy and certificate at the ‘Equality and Diversity Awards 2011’ hosted by Bedfordshire Race & Equalities Council (BREC) at Bedford’s Barns Hotel.
The award was in recognition of a community engagement programme that was part of the preparation for the protests and began more than two months before thousands of protestors from all over the country descended on Luton.