Decommissioning the commissioners
Labour should pledge to abolish police commissioners. Halfway through the Parliament, the Coalition has gained an impressive reputation…
Police Commissioners
Are the government panicking over police commissioners?
This weekend, a bumper mailing from head office will start to land on the doormats of thousands of…
Police & Crime Commissioner elections: connecting with the margin and mainstream
The Bradford West result has got me thinking about policies and campaign strategy and tactics. I suspect I…
Outsourcing: where do you draw the line?
Privatisation is really bad, isn’t it?! I mean you don’t have to look far to find horror stories…
Who would want to be a police commissioner?
The Tory-led government’s Police and Crime Commissioner initiative seems almost designed to fail, so inauspicious will be the…
Police and Crime Commissioners: 7 questions for ‘independent’ candidates
I am concerned that we may be beginning to see the emergence of a stealth Government strategy to…
Making the best of a bad job
Police & Crime Commissioners the wrong policy, the wrong priority at the wrong time – But policing is…
The rise of the independents
Ministers intended the police commissioner elections to throw up interesting independent figures, free from party affiliation or baggage.…
PLP Chair to seek Police Commissioner election
According to the Manchester Evening News: “He is the first serious contender to emerge for the new post…
The Trade Union role in Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November
We all know that the relationship between the police and the trade union movement has been chequered. And…
