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Category Archives: Policing
Lets have some consistency in our democratic processes
When MPs misbehave in a repetitive manner over long periods of time it seems vital that there is some way of holding them to account or that the systems that are in place are changed to ensure that their actions … Continue reading
Society is right to protect court cases, from damaging publicity
Over the weekend a well known extremist activist has appeared to gain a great deal of widespread support from non extremists for placing an important and highly sensitive court case involving accusations of multiple rapes at risk due to his … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Canterbury Crown Court
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Ministers fail to adequately fund our Police!
The need for dramatically increased funding for police services is no secret and there are increasing examples of very senior officers who would have previously raised their concerns privately with MPs and Ministers going public as they start to see … Continue reading
Criminal Justice System is upside down
In 2010 the coalition Government announced it was to replace Police Authorities with Police and Crime Commissioners and I following this process through with some personal interest. One of the Architects for the PCC role, Nick Herbert MP who is … Continue reading
Environmentally friendly traffic cones
The decisions taken by police forces regarding their purchase of products such as weapons like tasers and guns and pepper spray are all subject to the Home Office agreeing to such items being used. However when it comes to less … Continue reading
Party politics places Fire Services at risk
As this news story explains, the decision taken in Lancashire to enable the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner to take over the governance of the Fire and Rescue Service is now beginning to bite as Clive Grunshaw the PCC is … Continue reading
Alongside Windrush are many other failings
As Amber Rudd and her team are being put through the wringer for their complete failure to deal in an adequate way with the Windrush scandal under her leadership and that of her predecessor, let us not forget that the … Continue reading
Let’s mark 25 years by implementing the inquiry findings!
Yesterday many organisations celebrated St Georges Day, a day which for some small extremist groups has become a token for racism and extreme nationalism, but many more such as uniformed youth groups mark the day to celebrate the good things … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Community Safety, Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing, Youth Issues
Tagged Doreen Lawrence, Independent Advisory Group, Macpherson Report, Police and Crime Panel, Police Authorities, St Georges Day, Stephen Lawrence
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Lost rest days equates to 1000+ Police Officers
According to this report the Government through the various police forces across the UK has ‘borrowed’ 237,697 rest days from 70,000 police officers to enable events and incidents to be policed as well as possible. There are already indications that … Continue reading
Failure to understand who funds the police
On Monday there was a series of so called ‘topical questions’ aimed at the Home Office Ministers in the House of Commons. These covered a wide range of topics, one of which was the funding of police services. It began … Continue reading
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