Category Archives: Community Safety

We live in a society that everyone would feel safe in if it wasn’t for the muck dished up on a daily basis by ‘newspapers’ such as the Daily Mail, and some of the less thoughtful commentators (such as MPs). Its time we changed the culture in our society.

‘Profound shock’ has been delayed for over 6 years

Posted on August 27, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to this BBC News report and our weekend papers Theresa May is to introduce a new piece of legislation during the current session of Parliament which will provide tougher sanctions to tackle modern-day slavery in the UK. This news is … Continue reading →

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Full marks to the Police, none to Tax Payers Alliance

Posted on August 24, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Summer months are well known as a slow news period and whilst this has clearly not been the case on an International front this year, perhaps our newspapers are too inflexible to try to expand their  International news to take advantage … Continue reading →

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We’re on a road to Sompting

Posted on August 22, 2013 by ianchisnall

One of my regular twitter correspondents (@IJSbignose) tweeted this message last night “oh dear …  traffic a bit of a mess in SOmpting thanks to problems on A27 ( again)”. Chris Servante is a proud resident of Sompting and on twitter … Continue reading →

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Change is not easy

Posted on August 21, 2013 by ianchisnall

In a recent article in the Guardian, Jane Dudman reflects on a think tank report by the Institute For Government (IFG) on the process of outsourcing public services. The report entitled Making Public Service Markets Work suggests that the Government and Civil Service does not cope very well with … Continue reading →

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Lock the door and throw away the key

Posted on August 11, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to the East Anglia Daily Times the MP for Clacton, Douglas Carswell is angry with his local Police force because they are not locking up sufficient young people under the age of 16. He appears to have based his opinions on a Freedom of … Continue reading →

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Far worse than the vans!

Posted on August 4, 2013 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday I wrote about the advertising campaign that the Home Office has organised, supposedly to try to deal with illegal immigration.  My point on that occasion was that the vans were likely to stir up fear and insecurity amongst people who … Continue reading →

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Two not so fine lines

Posted on July 31, 2013 by ianchisnall

In the world of modern business idiom, the concept of a fine line between a great idea and a foolishness, lateral thinking, that no idea is to stupid to suggest will be recognised by many people. However these concepts are intended to … Continue reading →

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We need good links to the Home Office

Posted on July 28, 2013 by ianchisnall

In the eight months since the election of the 41 Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales, the relationship between Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner has varied from the positive and warm to the down right hostile … Continue reading →

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You say scale up, I say scale down …

Posted on July 18, 2013 by ianchisnall

The power which is exercised by democratically elected Governments is meant to be power that they administer on behalf of the whole of society. This suggests that their role is meant to be facilitative not controlling or coercive. The state inevitably on … Continue reading →

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Whisky Galore – A Pathetic Waste of Time and Money

Posted on July 13, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Government is guilty of a staggering level of incompetence and arrogance. First they told us they would introduce a minimum price for Alcohol, as outlined in an article in the Daily Telegraph in December 2011. It was reported that setting … Continue reading →

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