Tag Archives: Sussex Police

White Ribbon Day – 25th NOvember

Posted on November 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

A year ago I was coming to terms with the results of the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner elections, having achieved a creditable third against the two best organised and resourced political parties in Sussex. The top three candidates all promised to … Continue reading →

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Lets stop sending innocent children to prison!

Posted on October 22, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to a report recently published by the Howard League for Penal Reform, Sussex Police detained 1564 children in custody cells overnight during 2011. Although this was a drop of 9% when compared to 2010 the number of girls detained rose from … Continue reading →

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The strange views of Iain Dale

Posted on September 26, 2013 by ianchisnall

This morning somewhere in Brighton a 51 year old man is due to attend a Sussex Police station in connection with an assault on another man on Brighton seafront. The assault took place on Tuesday morning and both men are both … Continue reading →

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A not so quiet man

Posted on September 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

Stuart Holmes does not give the impression that he is a user of social media. I was present at several fringe meetings linked to the Labour Party conference this week in Brighton when Stuart and his dog, also known as … Continue reading →

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Full marks to the Police, none to Tax Payers Alliance

Posted on August 24, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Summer months are well known as a slow news period and whilst this has clearly not been the case on an International front this year, perhaps our newspapers are too inflexible to try to expand their  International news to take advantage … Continue reading →

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Even rubber teeth can be made to bite

Posted on August 14, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to this news report the Police and Crime Panel for Hertfordshire has lost two of its members with one of the two, Elected Watford Mayor, Dorothy Thornhill explaining that police and crime panels equate to a “crocodile with rubber teeth”. … Continue reading →

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Can we focus on value as well as price?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to a report prepared for the Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee last month which was the focus of an article in the Police Oracle, 17 out of the 41 new Police and Crime Commissioners are due to spend more than the previous Police Authorities did … Continue reading →

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A shared space and the way we treat it

Posted on June 20, 2013 by ianchisnall

On Monday night I was privileged to attend a public meeting on the subject of travellers and gypsies at Hove Town Hall. It was held to mark Gypsy Roma Travellers History Month and it told the story of the Gypsy Roma Travellers in the … Continue reading →

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Just like Katy!

Posted on January 30, 2013 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday 29th January Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne announced that she intends to appoint Cllr Steve Waight as her deputy PCC “subject to confirmation by the Police and Crime Panel”. Like Cllr Bourne (Katy remains a Cllr in Mid Sussex District Council, … Continue reading →

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Sussex Police and Crime Panel

Posted on December 6, 2012 by ianchisnall

The legislation which establishes the Police and Crime Commissioner also sets up a panel to hold the PCC to account. At the time that these proposals were being debated in Parliament there was a strong line from the Conservative party … Continue reading →

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