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, 9th 2012
Policing in the new year09/01/2012 10:10
Firstly Happy New Year to all who read this.
We possibly hoped that things would quieten down between Christmas and New Year but that is not how policing is and certainly not in Greater Manchester. In the early hours of Boxing Day officers had to deal with a young man shot at the side of the road in the midst of a group of traumatised and horrified fellow students. This very quickly became a national and international news story. , 9th 2011
Operation Audacious, the new Force Headquarters and new ways of working. 09/12/2011 15:04This week saw Operation Audacious one of the biggest operations we have ever run involving about 1,000 officers.
, 7th 2011
It is about real victims and real offenders.07/11/2011 09:47
The recent national crime figures showed a continued reduction in the level of crime in Greater Manchester with particular falls in the number of burglaries and robberies. , 18th 2011
Making sense of it all18/08/2011 10:32
Just over 10 days ago I completed the tenth of our town hall meetings this time at Duckinfield in Tameside. , 20th 2011
Challenging times and the daily business20/07/2011 11:45The events of the past few weeks have been bewildering for policing as we have seen events in London being used to effectively denigrate policing nationally. Obviously I know Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates extremely well and have the highest regard for them both professionally and personally. , 14th 2011
Doing the right thing14/06/2011 08:50
The next few weeks and months are going to be enormously difficult as we reach the next set of decisions about staffing reductions needed to manage our budget cuts. This is a very upsetting time for all the staff involved and they have now been invited to a briefing at the Reebok stadium, Bolton, on 27th June when we will start the communication process. The Chief Officer Group met for the day last Tuesday 7 June and agreed the recommendations to go to Greater Manchester Police Authority on 20 June. , 3rd 2011
Bureaucracy in policing03/05/2011 13:27
I have said a lot in the past about the amount of bureaucracy in policing and how this ties the hands of police officers and other staff members. Recent years have also seen the growth in the number of policies and procedures governing what you do as a member of the Police Service. Much of this is useful and provides guidance to staff dealing with the complexity of modern policing. It has also resulted however in a growth of bureaucracy, the removal of discretion and the use of professional judgement and common sense. , 4th 2011
Annual budget meeting04/03/2011 12:18The annual budget meeting of the Police Authority normally leaves you with a sense of satisfaction signing off an increase in funding for the year ahead to allow a growth in activities to serve the public. Of course this year's meeting held on 18th February was a very different affair. Contact Me
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