Monthly Archives: April 2012

Candidate Statement of Jas Parmar

Posted on 16/04/2012 by samchapman

Jas Parmar is seeking the Conservative nomination to be the Police and Crime Commissioner in Bedfordshire. If you are intending to stand to be Police and Crime Commissioner where you live, you can submit your own Candidate Statement, so get … Continue reading →

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Jon Harvey on the Blue Light Camp

Posted on 16/04/2012 by samchapman

Jon Harvey gives his personal perspective on the Blue Light Camp. Jon hopes to be the Labour candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in the Thames Valley Police Area. If you have a perspective to share, let us know at … Continue reading →

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Posted on 16/04/2012 by samchapman

Originally posted on The Chamberlain Files:
Mike Olley West Midlands Labour Party members will be given just two names from which to choose a candidate to run for the region’s first elected Police and Crime Commissioner, raising fears that a…

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Lembit Opik shown the ropes – Make up your own headline…

Posted on 16/04/2012 by samchapman

…because you can’t make this up. Is there anything Lembit Opik won’t do for publicity?

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Weekend Update – Sunday 15 April 2012

Posted on 15/04/2012 by samchapman

Labour Candidates Jon Harvey revealed that his rival on the shortlist for the Labour nomination for Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner is Tim Starkey. Sue Pearson has joined the ranks of the longlisted Labour hopefuls in Northumbria, and in … Continue reading →

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Candidate Statement of Jon Harvey

Posted on 14/04/2012 by samchapman

Jon Harvey is seeking the Labour nomination to be the Police and Crime Commissioner in Thames Valley. If you are intending to stand to be Police and Crime Commissioner where you live, you can submit your own Candidate Statement, so … Continue reading →

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More on the Federation

Posted on 13/04/2012 by samchapman

My last article on the Police Federation prompted a number of comments, two of which were to the effect that I’d got it wrong, and that membership of the Police Federation was not compulsory. Now, as it happens, it is … Continue reading →

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Federation Politics

Posted on 12/04/2012 by samchapman

I was once a member of the Police Federation. This was not by choice, other than that I had chosen to be a police officer, and I couldn’t do that without being in the Federation. I don’t remember feeling any … Continue reading →

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What on earth are Lancashire Labour up to?

Posted on 12/04/2012 by samchapman

As regular readers will be aware, I am a Conservative in Lancashire, rumoured in the press to be interested in standing for the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner post. I try to be straight with people, and welcome the contribution … Continue reading →

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Say “No Way” to the L.G.A.?

Posted on 10/04/2012 by samchapman

The Association of Police Authorities has been commissioned by the Home Office to provide an interim successor organisation between the election of Police and Crime Commissioners in November and the end of their financial year next March. This could provide … Continue reading →

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