Both he and Peter Waddington, a former policeman and now an authority on crowd control at Wolverhampton University, are sceptical about plastic bullets (or baton rounds as the police call them).

从前担任警员，现为伍尔弗汉普顿大学人群秩序控制方面专家的彼得•沃丁顿（Peter Waddington）和马丁均对塑料子弹（警察称其为防暴子弹）持怀疑态度。

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This suggests they inherit at least some of their former bosses' authority.

这表明他们至少继承了他们前任上司的一些职权。

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The former spoke most, and seemed to maintain an authority over her companion, and both spoke with the Scottish accent.

前者话多，对她的同伴看来有点架子，而两个人说话都带苏格兰口音。

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