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Category Archives: Policing
Access to justice
On Wednesday an important Parliamentary debate took place in Westminster Hall allowing a few MPs to discuss how Justice is being denied to local people as a result of cost cutting and a failure to work in a creative manner. Sadly this debate … Continue reading
A time to heal
Outside of those directly impacted by the appalling crash of the Hawker Hunter, just over a week ago, whose lives will never return to the same place they where at the time of the crash, the wider community in Shoreham … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Policing, Syria
Tagged New Orleans, Refugees, Shoreham - by - Sea, Shoreham Airshow, Syria
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Thank you
Long before the terrible events on the A27 in Shoreham at 1.20pm yesterday, Sussex Police were already very busy, as were the staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. However when the call came in along with South East Coast … Continue reading
Blue Light Commissioner
According to todays Times the Government is about to extend the role of Police and Crime Commissioners to oversee Fire & Rescue Services. Apart from any Union opposition which the article focuses on, this is a mistake for several reasons. The most fundamental … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing, UK Riots in August 2011
Tagged Criminal Justice System, Fire and Rescue, Nick Herbert, Police & Crime Commissioner, Prison Service, Probation, Summer Riots 2011, Transforming Rehabilitation, Victim Support, Voluntary Sector
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An inconsistent nation
The news this week included three unconnected stories that shows how inconsistent our nation is. First was the news that a substantial number of those appointed to the House of Lords are attending the House and claiming their £300 daily … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged House of Lords, Restorative Justice, Shoplifting
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Have we got the resources we need?
According to todays news, Police overtime in the last year exceeded £310M, and over the last 3 years amounted to some £1Bn. The Metropolitan Police accounts for around 1/3 of the total. These figures suggest that Policing costs are out of control and unless … Continue reading
Two blasts from the past
This week the Government has been forced to address two matters that have been bubbling away for more than a year. The High Court judgement over the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Act which I wrote about extensively last … Continue reading
Posted in Data Retention and Investigatory Powers, Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing, UK Riots in August 2011
Tagged Bernard Hogan Howe, Boris Johnson, Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill, DRIP, Kevin Hurley, Theresa May, Water Cannon, Yvette Cooper
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The quality of our Politicians
It is easy for those of us who live outside of the bubble that is Party Political ideology to assume that the residents of that strange and unfriendly land can make sense of their own world. Sadly that is clearly … Continue reading
Lets change
The news from last week that David Cameron wants the nation to create a memorial for the victims from Tunisia and todays reflections on the 10th Anniversary of 7/7 are vital ways of reminding all of us that what has happened … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged David Cameron, Harriet Harman, London Bombings, Tunisia
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