Category Archives: Resources

Lies, Damned Lies and…

Posted on 09/03/2012 by samchapman

The Royal Statistical Society through GetStats hope to use the Police and Crime Commissioner elections to improve public understanding of the stats on policing and crime, and the complicated relationship between the two. To that end they are drafting a … Continue reading →

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Sorry, how much?

Posted on 23/02/2012 by samchapman

Whatever the motives of Huffpost’s source, they were not about promoting the Conservative cause or the Police and Crime Commissioner elections, and they have certainly got people talking. Tim Collins has been pushed into denying to Michael Crick that he … Continue reading →

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Many Thanks

Posted on 21/02/2012 by samchapman

Thanks to Douglas Carswell MP, tireless defender of Parliamentary sovereignty and father of what has become the elected Police and Crime Commissioner for encouraging his 6,000+ Twitter followers to follow this site, and listing us on his roll of favourite … Continue reading →

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The Hashtag Question

Posted on 18/02/2012 by samchapman

When ‘Direct Democracy‘ first appeared in 2002, proposing what was eventually to become Police and Crime Commissioners there was no such thing as Twitter, but even without a 140-character limit the group managed to settle on a title for the … Continue reading →

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An exercise in presumption – the Local Government Association attempts to annexe policing

Posted on 16/02/2012 by samchapman

Remember Herod? Jewish King in Judea? Didn’t fancy the competition from the “King of the Jews” and so was all nicey-nicey with the visiting wise men before ordering all the kids to be killed? Yeah, that one. Well, the Local … Continue reading →

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Candidates for TopOfTheCops are mapped

Posted on 11/02/2012 by samchapman

The Public-I consultancy has put the known candidates from the Police Foundation list on to Google Maps. The candidates are listed by party when you click on the red dot above the towns with Police Headquarters (which is why a … Continue reading →

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TopOfTheCops.com hits the web

Posted on 29/01/2012 by samchapman

It’s like waiting for a baby, if for no other reason that it will be 9 months before the first Police and Crime Commissioners are born. TopOfTheCops.com is for everyone that wants to keep an eye on developments, from the … Continue reading →

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