Archive for the ‘Police’ Category

Preventing domestic violence

The terrible shootings in Northumberland resonated with conversations I have been involved in at a local level in London about preventing domestic violence and supporting victims. 
The concentration by politicians over the past decade on anti-social behaviour has forced the police to focus on trivia instead of preventing more serious crimes.  It is easy to have [...]

July 6, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Police  2 Comments

Crime and security bill

Two things today related to the crime and security bill currently going through Parliament.
On Monday this week clause 41 of the crime and security bill sailed through the house of commons virtually unopposed. Just over a week since the bi-partisan justice select committee had stated plainly:
“Prison is a relatively ineffective way of reducing crime for [...]

January 21, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Government policy, Police  One Comment

Myleene Klass and Richard Bradshaw, via Boots the chemist.

I have a lot of sympathy for Myleene Klass, and I must admit that if I was home alone and saw young men in my back garden I would react intemperately. She should have called the police. It is possible that they were intending to burgle her house and the police should be involved in [...]

January 13, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Children and young people, Police  4 Comments

Some interesting stories around today

The Magistrates’ Association is complaining about the increased police powers to issue on the spot fines for motoring offences. Apparently the concern is that police might issue the fines inappropriately and that fines do pressure people to concede guilt even if that is not the case. The magistrates allege that police would misuse the power. [...]

August 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Children and young people, Police, Prisons, Sentencing  2 Comments

Public services funding

There are several stories in the press this morning that caught my attention.
The front page of the Guardian says there is to be a decade of pain for public services.  This will hit the prisons and other parts of the criminal justice system.  And so it should because they are poor value for money .  [...]

July 24, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Government policy, Police, Prisons, Sentencing  No Comments