18th June, 2020

9 St John Street Criminal Team Bulletin - Issue 7

If you have stayed with us until issue seven then thank you and welcome! You may notice we have reduced our bulletin to once per fortnight as we all settle into our new way of working. Slowly but surely we do as a profession seem to be moving towards something sustainable. The 9 St John Street weekly team meetings are still ongoing to ensure we are all connected and up to speed with what’s going on.

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