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An alien meets the police: the parable of the blind men and the elephant redux
Blogs, Police legitimacy, Police resources
Preamble: I have been reflecting this week on some findings from the Police Foundation’s resea...
Deconstructing the constable? The police powers debate
Blogs, Workforce
Just when you thought the government had taken its foot off the police reform accelerator, Theresa M...
Safe as houses?
Blogs, Burglary, Police effectiveness, Violent crime
With crime changing and the police under unprecedented pressure, we know that they cannot tackle cri...
Reflections on the National Debate Advisory Group’s vision of policing
Blogs, Governance, Police reform, Police resources
Last month the National Debate Advisory Group, a group of policing’s leaders, thinkers, scruti...
Reflections on the Public Accounts Committee: police demand, resources, governance and accountability
Blogs, Governance, Police resources
In June the National Audit Office published a report on the financial sustainability of police force...
Police funding consultation: an opaque sticking plaster?
Blogs, Police resources
This week the Home Office published a new police funding formula for consultation, partly in recogni...
What are the police for (now)?
Blogs, Governance, Police resources
What are the police for and how can they best achieve their goals in an age of austerity and social ...
A healthy lead? Chief officer appointments need questioning
Blogs, Governance, Workforce
In recent weeks the Deputy Chief Constables of Thames Valley, Northumbria, Staffordshire and Wiltshi...
A dialogue of the deaf: The debate about police cuts
Blogs, Police resources
Yesterday’s National Audit Office report on the “financial sustainability of police forc...
Five years on…key themes in policing
Blogs, Police reform, Public policy
It is nearly five years since I started my blog and sadly this one will be my last. I will be standi...
Cuts have consequences
Blogs, Police resources
Last week the Police Federation held its annual conference entitled ‘The Policing Challenge: C...
2015 election: what the parties have to say about policing
Blogs, Governance
The political parties have now (finally)published their manifestosand the final phase of electioneer...