Category Archives: Updates

Weekend Update – Sunday 29 April 2012

Posted on 29/04/2012 by samchapman

Candidates Mike O’Brien confirmed he was running for the Conservative PCC nomination in Kent, as Medway Councillor Craig Mackinlay was reported to be doing the same. Ex-cop and Councillor Ian Gillies declared he was seeking the Conservative nomination in North … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update – Sunday 22nd April 2012

Posted on 23/04/2012 by samchapman

Labour Shortlists In addition to those previously identified, shortlisted Labour Candidates are as follows:- Cambridgeshire – Ed Murphy and there must be at least one other. Cumbria – Michael Boaden and Patrick Leonard. Durham – Ron Hogg, Peter Thompson & … Continue reading →

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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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Long Weekend Update Part 3- Monday 9 April 2012

Posted on 09/04/2012 by samchapman

Candidates Dorset Independent Candidate Martyn Underhill launched his campaign website and Facebook page, with the theme ‘Keep Politics Out Of Policing’ – this seems to be a common theme with Independents, though I’m sure they mean “party politics”, as the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update Part 2 – Sunday 8 April 2012

Posted on 09/04/2012 by samchapman

Runners Since the last full update the following candidates are now running:- Keith Hunter , Mike Caseman-Jones , Vera Baird (interviewed here with a leaflet here) and Bernard Rix What’s up? Names sound familiar? Know about them already? Uh-huh. Check … Continue reading →

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Passover Weekend Update – Part 1 – Friday 6 April

Posted on 06/04/2012 by samchapman

Frequent flyers here at TopOfTheCops will know that a constant stream of news and views made for none of our regular updates last weekend, but the good news is that we now have a four-day weekend to make up for … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update, Part 2- 25 March 2012

Posted on 25/03/2012 by samchapman

The how-many-days-till-TopOfTheCops-election scandal continues. On Saturday we revealed a seven day discrepancy between the wait till the election given by the Association of Police Authorities and that given by CREST Advisory. The latter, who obviously work weekends, have been in … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update Part 1 – 24 March 2012

Posted on 24/03/2012 by samchapman

Is time moving a little quicker these days? I know I’m writing this before the clocks spring forward, but a tweet at the beginning of the week from the Association of Police Authorities about their transition seminar began with “246 … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update- Part, The Second – 18 March 2012

Posted on 18/03/2012 by samchapman

LGA This week I received my copy of the Local Government Association’s ‘First’ magazine with a flyer for their Police and Crime Commissioner Association quoting a favourably disposed candidate from each of the major parties. Didn’t quote TopOfTheCops though, funnily … Continue reading →

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Weekend update – Part, The First – 17th March 2012

Posted on 17/03/2012 by samchapman

Being Belfast-born but raised largely in Lancashire, I struggle with what to put in diversity monitoring forms that ask me to choose between being White (British) and White (Irish). Concerned that most personnel officers may be simply puzzled by a … Continue reading →

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