Gloucestershire Constabulary is on target to grow its frontline by more 300 officers and staff over the next three years as a result of government funding announced yesterday by the Home Office. Providing that the Government maintains Gloucestershire’s current allocation of funding, the Constabulary will hit...
What did you make of the confessions of those hoping to become our next Prime Minister? Before anyone accuses me of going ‘all political’, I view their admissions purely in the context of almost 40 years in policing; and I have to say I was saddened that in...
Well done Nick .... I met with the DIY SOS host Nick Knowles at Cheltenham Magistrates today where he was candid and honest about his mistake.
The BBC presenter has been banned from driving for six months under the totting-up procedure and fined £1398 plus £85 costs.
Nick Hurd the Policing Minister has told me that he and the Home Secretary will not be making a decision on my case for a change in governance of GFRS until after next May’s PCC election. Disappointment Whilst I understand why the decision has been made, due to time...
The Government finally gets it .... today's announcement by the Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s that knife crime needs to be treated like a disease is something both my deputy @glosdeputypcc and I have been talking about for over 2 years.
Emphasising the need for a ‘public health’ approach to youth violence, Mr. Javid is calling for knife crime to be treated “like a disease”. Now it needs the financial backing and not just warm words.
There can be no doubt that firefighters hold a special place in our affections. Of all the emergency services, ‘heroic’ would be among the first words that spring to most people’s minds. Today, I should be speaking to a gathering of chief fire officers. Instead I...
Being a former journalist, call me cynical but you do get a little blasé when governments announce new laws or new money for projects. Sometimes, the cynicism is justified as quite often it might not be new money or new ideas it could be just...
Well over 1,000 speeding offences have been recorded with the worst offender clocked at 126 mph. Tailgating, use of a mobile phone, vehicle plate offences and failure to use a seatbelt are among the other offences recorded. But it has not only been about enforcement. Police officers...