Category Archives: Updates

Don’t do the job, but still get paid. Do more without extra pay?

Posted on 24/06/2014 by samchapman

Have the Office of the PCC for Norfolk been reading TopOfTheCops? After what is understood to be consultations with lawyers and the Home Office they appear to have come to the same conclusion as featured here last week – that … Continue reading →

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Independent investigation refers Lancashire PCC to prosecutors

Posted on 25/09/2013 by samchapman

The Independent Police Complaints Commission have today announced the results of their investigation into concerns I raised last year about expenses claims submitted by Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw in his former roles as a member of Lancashire … Continue reading →

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Silly, out of season

Posted on 01/09/2012 by samchapman

August is probably the very last month you would choose to “bury bad news”. With Parliament not sitting and many politicians on holiday normally there is a dearth of news which produces the famous 'silly season' where small curious stories … Continue reading →

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Off The Record

Posted on 28/08/2012 by samchapman

TopOfTheCops can exclusively reveal today that Home Secretary Theresa May met with Falklands veteran Simon Weston at the end of January, and just days later he launched his ill-fated bid to stand as an Independent candidate to be Police and … Continue reading →

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Tory PCC Selection Round-Up

Posted on 02/07/2012 by samchapman

Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner selections are underway, and there are a few yet to be done, but some results have come in that we may have highlighted on Twitter, but not on the site, so here goes:- (we covered … Continue reading →

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An apology

Posted on 03/06/2012 by samchapman

Those of you who have studied Classics, New Testament Greek, or indeed English, will know that an ‘apology’ isn’t always something that conveys sorrow, regret or remorse. An apology can be a defence, hence the term ‘apologist’ for a person … Continue reading →

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Picking sides

Posted on 28/05/2012 by samchapman

When Michael Crick said “After Tim Collins’ withdrawal in Kent, + disappointments elsewhere, Tory plan to recruit lots of independent PCC candidates has failed badly“, I said I thought he had spoken too soon. Today, Mark Reckless MP revealed the … Continue reading →

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Like Buses

Posted on 26/05/2012 by samchapman

No official Conservative Candidates for ages, then three all at once:- Warwickshire – Fraser Pithie was chosen on Friday as the first official Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate in the country. He is a Director at UtoU, having had … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update – 20 May

Posted on 20/05/2012 by samchapman

There has been some movement on Conservative Candidates, funnilly enough in exactly the same week as I was officially told there wouldn’t be… Out Colonel Tim Collins, the man paraded at the last Conservative Party Conference as exactly the sort … Continue reading →

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The longed-for Update – Candidates

Posted on 16/05/2012 by samchapman

Since the last update a fortnight ago, a lot has happened, so today we are just looking at updates about candidate shortlists, and websites and videos the candidates have launched. Labour Avon and Somerset – John Savage and Bob Ashford … Continue reading →

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