Category Archives: Police & Crime Commissioner

Priti Patel needs to understand how crime reduction can be achieved

Posted on February 27, 2020 by ianchisnall

One of the themes that was not very evident in the publicity around Priti Patels speech yesterday was that of crime reduction or crime prevention. Sadly the reference to crime reduction only occurred three times in her speech and crime … Continue reading →

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Conservatives are not competent funding Police or any other public service

Posted on February 26, 2020 by ianchisnall

These two images above, both come from two Conservative Government Ministers speaking to the public and to local politicians, both referring to the same local tax arrangements. Back in 2012 Eric Pickles was working very hard to ensure that the … Continue reading →

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The conflict between Sussex MPs and our Police and Crime Commissioner

Posted on February 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last Wednesday 12 of the 16 Sussex MPs voted to oppose an increase in national policing to be directed towards neighbourhood policing. The proposal came from the Labour Party who argued that the proposed 20,000 increase by the Conservative Government … Continue reading →

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Chief Constable Martin Hewitt is right and Patel/Johnson are wrong

Posted on January 8, 2020 by ianchisnall

This article in the Independent newspaper which is matched by similar articles in Policing Insight and Police Oracle raises the need for the Government to reverse its focus on simple tests for crime capture statistics and instead focus in part … Continue reading →

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Parliament is opening up for 2020 – let us hope they become accountable!

Posted on January 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

At this time of year, the traditional dates can seem a bit strange depending on how one interprets them so although it is nearly a week since the 2020 New Year began, on the other hand a New Year does … Continue reading →

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Mr Hayes has a rather strange point of view

Posted on October 18, 2019 by ianchisnall

So according to John Hayes MP, the whole of the nation is feeling excited because his chum Priti Patel has been appointed by Boris Johnson as Home Secretary. In reality this is pure nonsense and one wonders what goes through … Continue reading →

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The Metropolitan Police need to engage with the right people

Posted on October 17, 2019 by ianchisnall

It is very easy in the light of the recent press reports such as this one on Sky News regarding the application of section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 to jump to all sorts of conclusions which may … Continue reading →

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Independence needs great integrity

Posted on October 6, 2019 by ianchisnall

A wide range of people including myself, many current and ex Tory party members and even a number of people who are members of other parties would have been very pleased to see this man get elected as the leader … Continue reading →

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Tories are playing games with police funding or they are incoherent

Posted on August 4, 2019 by ianchisnall

The need to supply large sums of funds to enable police forces to recover some or all of their losses based on the last 9 years is clear to anyone who spends time talking to senior officers or reading the … Continue reading →

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Don’t confuse task groups with a meeting every 18 weeks!

Posted on July 17, 2019 by ianchisnall

A series of questions and answers took place in the House of Commons on Monday that involved Sajid Javid and the focus was related to “Violent Crime: Young People” and knife crime was seen as one of the key elements … Continue reading →

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