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Category Archives: Policing
The politicisation of our Policing
There are many reasons why the use of Parliamentary time should be scrutinised. One being that each day in Parliament contributes towards the annual £2Bn costs of running the institution. Bearing in mind that since the fixed term Parliament Act … Continue reading
Lets #Protecttheprotectors properly
The sight of MPs on social media agreeing to support a private members bill that is being debated today to ensure that anyone found guilty of assaulting an emergency worker will be given a very significant sentence is something that … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Chris Bryant, Emergency Services, Protect The Protectors
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Our Ministers need some basic education
On Thursday in Parliament, there was a brief debate on the important subject of domestic violence. It was begun by Kelvin Hopkins who is the Labour MP for Luton North and the person speaking on behalf of the Government was … Continue reading
Critical path in stopping Domestic Abuse
On Tuesday a report into Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence was jointly published by a number of national inspection agencies entitled “The multi-agency response to children living with domestic abuse”. The report raises a number of vital issues yet appears to have … Continue reading
Time for a quinquennial review?
In businesses and the charity sector, it is very common to hold medium term reviews of how well things have gone following a significant change. It is easy enough to give the impression of change over a six month period … Continue reading
Lets have some consistency
The decision to remove the 1% limit on pay for two areas of the public sector but to insist that the increase is paid for out of existing budgets has some very clear implications. The public services concerned, Police and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Police Officer, Prison Service, Public Sector
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Who will take responsibility?
All jobs in established organisations bring with them baggage from their predecessor. When Cressida Dick took over as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police one of the items in the hard to resolve cupboard or perhaps garage, was the three water … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Bernard Hogan Howe, Boris Johnson, Cressida Dick, Theresa May, Water Cannon
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The hard work must continue
Two years ago today I was at Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum near Uckfield, it was a lovely sunny afternoon, at some point in the afternoon it became clear from the smart phone that an incident had happened in Shoreham. … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Parliament and Democracy, Policing, Syria
Tagged Afghanistan, Shoreham Airshow, Sussex Police, Syria
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Something does need fixing Cressida
As this news report explains, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick is defending her organisation from an attempt by the London Mayor to try to merge it with the City of London Police Force and the BTP. As … Continue reading
How do we combine our motivation for change?
This weekend in Brighton large parts of the city will be celebrating Pride as it falls within a few days of the 50th Anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. Last weekend I was in Liverpool where they were celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Church Teaching, Policing
Tagged Boomtown, Brighton & Hove, Liverpool, New Wine, Paul Bayes, Street Pastors
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