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POLICEPROFESSIONAL November 25, 2010 p01_PP251110.qxd:PP_1 23/11/10 20:38 Page 1 Issue 232 POLICEPROFESSIONAL November 25, 2010 HMIC goes to Millbank Public order policing following student disorder p03_PP251110:IPJ masthead 23/11/10 20:50 Page 3 Contents Inside this week News p5-12 Deployment and efficiency central to funding cuts; Labour says officer numbers linked to crime; Job cuts at West Midlands and Northumbria; Operation Trident may be scrapped in spending cuts; New review for East Midlands; Prime Minister insists police will have resources they need; Cadet scheme aims to help ease financial pressure; Police in West Midlands will be ‘unfairly hit’ by cuts; Drop in recorded incidents of Cover story domestic abuse; Commitment to maintain 1,000 extra police officers; PC HMIC goes to ‘gave information to suspect’; Central Scotland appoints new deputy Millbank – chief; Quarter of GMP’s workforce to be lost; Leicestershire looks to ‘co- Criticism of the locate’ neighbourhood teams; Officer cleared of assaulting female Metropolitan Police prisoner; Improvements at Notts and GMP praised by HMIC; Mutual aid A fallacy of terminology – p20 Service’s handling of for PSNI ‘no longer needed’; Controversial ‘equality rules’ axed; Officer student protests has led some to call new arrested after woman’s death; Survey shows confidence in policing has public order tactics increased; Reduction in reoffending a result of more cautions. to be rescinded in favour of force. A need for clinical governance p13 While guidance on safe detention provides valuable information for police forces, custody sergeants and managers, there is little to govern or set standards for medical provision in custody. Speaking to Police Professional, Gary Green from G4S Forensic Medical Services champions the cause of clinical governance. HMIC Goes to Millbank p14-17 Criticism of the Metropolitan Police Service’s handling of student protests has led some to call new public order tactics to be rescinded in Trying to sustain frontline services – p21 favour of force. Dr Clifford Stott, Dr Hugo Gorringe and Dr Michael Rosie maintain scientific evidence points to non-confrontational tactics as providing the legitimacy needed in such demonstrations. A fallacy of terminology p20 Miranda Carruthers-Watt, Chief Executive of Lancashire Police Authority, considers the vital, but often invisible, layers of the frontline. Sustaining frontline services p21-24 The Leading Powerful Partnerships programme tackled major issues of importance to leaders of public sector organisations. In this second in a series of essays, participants were given the task of answering a vital question in anticipation of the Comprehensive Spending Review. Avatar officers police virtual march – p27 Technology p25 Dorset rolls out mobile technology on the beat; BTP deploys new covert intelligence software. Bright ideas p26-27 Professional Residents issued with scratch and sniff cannabis cards; Promoting safety of vulnerable children; Motorbike amnesty helps reduce anti- Services social behaviour; Avatar officers police anti-bullying march; Leicestershire pilots ‘alcohol-awareness’ courses; Webchat engages Spotlight on POLICE public with concerns over drug abuse. leading suppliers PROFESSIONAL Staff Officer Stitchley p30 See p28 SUBSCRIBE Irreverent jottings from Stitch. TODAY TURN TO PAGE 4 Recruitment and training – see page 28-29 November 25, 2010 WWW.POLICEPROFESSIONAL.COM 3 p04_PP251110:IPJ masthead 23/11/10 20:21 Page 4 From the editor POLICEPROFESSIONAL The simple truth is published by Verdant Media here has been considerable and better procurement while Sir Midshires House contemplation of the David Normington – the most senior Smeaton Close Timplications of the Spending civil servant at the Home Office – has Aylesbury Review over the past week with the identified better deployment and use Bucks HP19 8HL Tel: 0845 057 0514 Prime Minister questioned on how of resources as the way forward. Fax: 01296 394245 crime levels can be kept low when so The truth is, no one solution will ISSN 2041-8809 many forces are planning to reduce provide the answer and the danger is the number of police officers they too many programmes will leave employ. His response was to place the forces simply slicing every budget Managing Editor Paul Lander justification for the cuts squarely on rather than seeking innovation and [email protected] the shoulders of Sara Thornton, new ways of working. The size and Reporters Thames Valley’s chief constable who timing of cuts do not allow the time Dilwar Hussain apparently sought him out at a to invest in the projects and changes [email protected] constituency surgery to inform him that will realise the greatest savings. Charlotte Clark [email protected] that cutting by 15 per cent of funding The cuts are about to undo a great was ‘manageable’. deal of progress and reform of the Sub-Editor Paul Jacques Mr Cameron was extremely relaxed past few years as police officers will [email protected] as he explained how the cuts would be taken off frontline duties to do the Contributors be made - by cutting paperwork, jobs that police staff have been Paul Lander, Dilwar Hussain, Paul Jacques, officers’ allowances and a pay freeze. employed to do. The least the Prime Charlotte Clark, Dr Hugo Gorringe, Dr Clifford Stott, Dr Michael Rosie, I doubt his relaxation is matched Minister should do is recognise that Miranda Carruthers-Watt among senior officer teams across the impact and stop pretending cutting country, nor within staff canteens, as bureaucracy will be such a major Editorial the posts that will be axed are contributor to savings. Tel: 0845 057 0514 identified. 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Call our subscription hotline on 01778 392037 4 WWW.POLICEPROFESSIONAL.COM November 25, 2010 p05-09_PP251110:Layout 1 23/11/10 20:37 Page 5 News Deployment and efficiency central to funding cuts n inquiry into the Comprehensive He said the Government does not ASpending Review has heard that expect crime to rise as a result of deploying police officers and using funding cuts, but could not “guarantee” resources more effectively will be the that this would be the case. key to meeting funding cuts. Members of the committee pressed Sir Sir David Normington, Permanent David to provide the evidence which Secretary at the Home Office, was suggests that effective deployment will giving evidence to the Home Affairs be one of the fundamental ways in Sir David Normington Select Committee on November 23,
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