TAKING statements from 800 police over the "plebgate" affair is "a waste of time and resources", a force federation leader has said.
Scotland Yard investigators are taking formal statements from every officer in the diplomatic protection group, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation John Tully said.
This follows a pledge by Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to hold "a ruthless search for the truth" over the row.
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