29 Oct Blog: When policing the pandemic becomes borderline
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Firstly don't believe everything you read in the papers...
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17 Sep TV series highlights the 101 conundrum
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The recent ‘Reported Missing’ documentaries on the BBC have been a credit to Gloucestershire Constabulary.
What has been really nice for me, is to see the many positive comments from you the public who were impressed by the police officers professionalism and compassionate approach.
27 Aug Dog thefts …. why I got involved
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Giving the public a voice on local policing issues was one, if not the most important reason that Police & Crime Commissioners were created in 2012, and it’s something I take exceedingly seriously.
How that voice is heard and how it’s communicated to the chief constable and his officers is an important question, perhaps best illustrated by a spate of recent crimes involving animals.
03 Aug Covid’s impact on our ways of working…
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New methods of working, brought about by the pandemic, is reinforcing Gloucestershire’s reputation as the ‘greenest’ constabulary in the country.
Increased working from home, less printing and online technology replacing the need to travel miles to meetings are all recognised now as ways of saving energy.
15 Jun COVID19: Let’s make social driving part of the ‘new normal’
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As expressions go, ‘It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good’ might be considered the height of optimism under the current circumstances.
Yet even in this pandemic, there have been shining examples.
28 Apr Policing by consent is crucial during lockdown
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Along with the overwhelming majority, I support the extended lockdown. Like many, though, I miss the freedoms I had just a few weeks ago and look forward to popping-out for no particular purpose or sharing a meal or pint or two with friends. ‘Big Brother’ seems...
09 Apr COVID19: Please stay at home this Easter…
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Gloucestershire’s Chief Constable and my message this Easter is clear .... we need the public to abide by the Government’s social distancing rules and stay at home.
It is my job to hold the Chief Constable Rod Hansen to account on your behalf .
I do this through regular formal and informal meetings. But in these different times, even the way I hold to account has to change and adapt to the world we are currently living in.
23 Mar COVID19: PCC Calls on Government to get tough
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The most vulnerable during this pandemic need the support of the government.
That's why I have written to the Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland, I want ministers to get tough on criminals who target the elderly during the Corona Virus crisis.
18 Mar Lydney the full story behind the re-opening
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The true story of how Lydney Police Station lived to fight another day – Beware of imitations!
Back in 2012, when I was still to announce my intention to stand as the Police & Crime Commissioner a friend a called me and said, ‘You won’t believe it, they’re going to close all the police stations in the Forest’. The announcement came from the Police Authority Chair Cllr Rob Garnham.
13 Mar BREAKING NEWS PCC elections to be postponed!
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*****BREAKING NEWS - THE PCC ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 2021*******
Latest news is that the Electoral Commission has called on the Government to postpone May's PCC Elections.
Whilst personally I would be disappointed , I fully understand the rationale behind the recommendation.