Tag Archives: Hugh Orde

I feel so impotent but …….


Last nights vote in Parliament was momentous on a number of levels. It has damaged the Government, as much because they failed to understand the mood in their own parties as because they failed to understand the strength of feeling … Continue reading

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A reckless approach to Policing


As I wrote yesterday the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has been recently snubbed by the Home Secretary, as their President, Sir Hugh Orde attempts to bring some form of clarity to the relationship between the 41 Chief Constables and the elected Police and Crime Commissioners. … Continue reading

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We need good links to the Home Office


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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