Blog Posts - Policing

At a time when Brighton & Hove Council is once again threatening the budget for youth provision in our city, and coming several years after West Sussex took a similar approach, it is encouraging to read that the Mayor of … Continue reading...

During November two charities whose focus is on the needs of trafficked children and reuniting families produced an important report called “Heading back to Harm”. The report encompassed the whole of the United Kingdom and it sought to assess how...

The news today includes a focus on the vital issue of restorative justice, as a consequence of the publication of the Restorative Justice inquiry by the Parliamentary Justice Committee. According to the sub heading on the Parliament website “...

According to a piece on the Daily Telegraph website that appeared on Sunday afternoon, Mark Thompson Director General of the BBC 2004-12 has been reflecting on the decision of Tony Hall, his successor in sacking the ‘deeply objectionable’...

The news that the Government has suppressed a report that shows one of their flagship schemes has been ineffective is not a shock. Sadly that sort of things happens all too often and Governments appear to believe that they are … Continue readin...

"What is it like to be a black police officer in America?" PBS NewsHour 7/15/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan sits down with the President of the Black Police Association of Greater Dallas for a deeper look at police misconduct,...

The tragic loss of life on the Nice seafront reflects how important it is to reduce isolationism and division within our communities. It seems inconceivable that anyone would use any weapon to intentionally target unknown individuals including childr...

The tragic loss of life on the Nice seafront reflects how important it is to reduce isolationism and division within our communities. It seems inconceivable that anyone would use any weapon to intentionally target unknown individuals including childr...

Its impossible to make decisions, particularly on the magnitude of the EU referendum without a variety of unintended consequences, at least as far as some voters are concerned. Unfortunately certain groups of British citizens whose intentions are not...

The extent to which our various police services are able to cooperate and remain flexible depends on the idea that each of the 41 forces is largely autonomous but also that they are instructed to cooperate with one another using … Continue read...

When the coalition Government introduced the Police and Crime Commissioner post, many people in policing were concerned that the involvement of Party Politics in the Governance of Policing would cause problems. The extent to which Independent candida...

"Why Chicago made scores of police brutality videos public" PBS NewsHour 6/3/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  Chicago’s Independent Police Review Board today released scores of video and audio recordings from police-involved shootings and some of them are...

"Violence flares in Rio's slums just months before Summer Olympics" PBS NewsHour 5/31/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  As Brazil prepares for its first Olympic Games, violence is flaring in the notorious favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro.  While a par...

Coming a year after the Tories failed to declare the full cost of their local election expenses in the General Election, there has been a further display of corruption by the party in power. Voters across the UK were misled by … Continue readi...

This years Queens speech seems to be full of half truths, lies and unrealistic promises, far in excess of some of its predecessors. Two of the clauses Queen Elizabeth was asked to read out on Wednesday were:     My government … Conti...

As we approach the elections on Thursday for Police and Crime Commissioner elections, every one of the candidates is involving themselves in the world of politics. By any definition holding to account a chief constable and their operational work on &...

In 2012 I was one of a significant number of Independent candidates for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Despite a modest level of publicity paid for by you and me but authorised by the Government, many voters remained at … Continue...

It is unlikely that more than a few hundred people in the UK have heard of or met Maina Kiai, however he has just undertaken a 4 day visit and the conclusions he has come to as a result of his … Continue reading →...

As we approach the May elections when we will all be able to vote for our Police and Crime Commissioner, it is noticeable that one Police force that is not held democratically accountable by a PCC or through any other … Continue reading →...

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