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Tag Archives: Metropolitan Police
A potential call for an IAG to be set up for the NHS
On Wednesday in the House of Lords, John Sentamu was speaking during the discussion of St Georges Hospital: Patients Deaths. His words are below. Although he did not refer to the phrase of an Independent Advisory Group (IAG) he did … Continue reading
The Metropolitan Police need to engage with the right people
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
Police and Crime Commissioners – an unnecessary reform?
For anyone interested in how Policing operates in our communities and how police forces impact on our lives, last Thursday in the House of Lords an informative debate took place on the subject of the responsibilities of Police and Crime … Continue reading
Myths and Counter-Myths
A public disagreement between Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police and Dame Anne Owers, the Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission is not the ideal way for these two people and their organisations to deal with … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Owers, Bernard Hogan Howe, IPCC, Metropolitan Police, Times Newspaper
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Theresa the exaggerator
Understandably this week at Questions to the Prime Minister or PMQs a lot of the focus was on the visit to America by Theresa May. She went through the various Questions and Answers, mostly batting away criticism until Jonathan Reynolds … Continue reading
Sleeping Police Officers
Its easy to be superficially grateful for the hard work carried out by our emergency services when we go to sleep or wake up, particularly if we can hear sirens off into the distance. No matter how irritating the noise … Continue reading
Is this man guilty?
According to section 5 of the Criminal Law Act 1967, it is a criminal offence to “cause any wasteful employment of the police” The judgement regarding what defines wasteful is of course open to interpretation and I am not suggesting … Continue reading
We’ve got it so we must use it!
Some of us are occasionally tempted to buy gadgets that we don’t need right now, but look shiny and new and persuade us that they will come in useful before too long. So the gadget comes home and you spend time getting … Continue reading
Bernard is as inept as Boris
On Friday nights Radio 4 Any Questions one of the questions related to the appalling failure of judgement by the Metropolitan Police in choosing to investigate the family and friends of Stephen Lawrence during the aftermath of Stephens murder. The panel on … Continue reading
Boris, not the first #PCCs amongst equals!
In British Politics there are few characters more eccentric than Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson and for all his strengths and many weaknesses it is hard to imagine anyone wanting to treat him as a role model in the normal sense of that … Continue reading