Monday, May 9, 2016

Was that (almost) a general election?

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All of the police and crime commissioner elections have been counted, including the mega one for the capital city. The only exceptions being...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Clearly a contemporary campaign

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Anthony Stansfeld is evidently pulling out all the stops in his campaign to be re-elected as PCC for Thames Valley. He has relaunched his ca...
Saturday, April 2, 2016

So Mr Stansfeld, we meet again...

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So it is now evident that the incumbent Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley is really standing for re-election. I could not q...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

The party conversation that confirms it (Secret PCC)

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Picture the scene: Saturday evening drinks at my wife's cousin's place. Slim glass of pop in hand, cheese & chutney sandwich in ...
Friday, January 15, 2016

The Secret PCC: should I stand again?

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Well, well, well. It has been a long three and bit years. In a way, it has gone by as quickly as a South African innings. And here we are,...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Child protection review

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It has been a while since I posted here: other writing has taken precedence, not least my forthcoming book on improving productivity and eff...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

We are here again?

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I really did not expect this from the IPCC but it seems as if two police officers are to face disciplinary hearings for their part in the #...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

The harmonics of leadership, ethics and accountability in policing

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Yesterday, I was fortunate to be among the few invited to the launch of the new report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life , on lea...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

PCC election purdah: Many questions to be resolved

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I recently wrote and article for Policing Insight on a range of issues that Chief Constables, OPCC Chief Executives and PCCs will need to a...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Future of PCCs: Scenarios for Change

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Policing Insight have just published my article on what next for Police & Crime Commissioners beginning: Jon Harvey discusses several...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

So this British Bill of Rights... the cost?

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As you might expect, I have very deep misgivings about abandoning our foundational involvement in the European Convention on Human Rights (...
Monday, May 25, 2015

No crying wolf here....

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I know, it has been more or less radio silence on these pages for a few months. I have been pursuing other ventures involving local politics...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

From agility to arthritis in a few short years

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In my neck of the woods, the local two tier councils are sharpening sticks in preparation of a battle royale over unitary government. I won...
Monday, January 12, 2015

It's a Government scam!?

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The Government is keen for you to believe that crime is going down and therefore reductions in police funding will not matter to your safety...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Politicising the police

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One of the objections to the Police & Crime Commissioner model of policing governance, often used by those working inside the service, ...
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Axes for frozen seas

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Column, tweet and blog kilometres have already been written about the cowardly murder of journalists in Paris yesterday. Charlie Hebdo pu...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The lost domains of UKIP

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Rumours have been circulating on twitter that UKIP has lost control of its prime website: UKIP.org after @Ilovealcopos bought it... Altho...

OK... I'll be honest

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I actually don't mind paying taxes. There I have said it. I am not wild about shelling out money for anything but I regard tax as the p...
Monday, January 5, 2015

A bright new year: demand is down, cuts are up

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So here we are: a bright new year dawns. It is 2015 and the new century still feels fresh. As all years, this one will be momentous: history...