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Police spend £1m on oversized uniforms, including XXXXL body armour and 'obese' waist trousers

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“Police spend £1m on oversized uniforms, including XXXXL body armour and 'obese' waist trousers”

Police forces across the country have spent more than a million pounds on uniforms for staff with measurements which would classify them as "obese" by doctors, a new probe has found. In new data, officers across Britain need specially made uniforms for waists up to 60 inches. Figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests by The Sun show that, in the last two years, forces have ordered 282 XXXXL vests. An XXXXL vest would be big enough to fit someone with a 68-inch chest. TRENDING…

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