Tag Archives: Police and Crime Commissioner

Make me wrong.

Posted on 15/11/2012 by samchapman

Today, you can make me wrong. Not just a little wrong but very wrong. My post yesterday listed predicted baselines against which we can assess the election results. It has largely been supported by Jon Collins of the Police Foundation … Continue reading →

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Super Tuesday

Posted on 15/10/2012 by samchapman

If I have my maths right next Tuesday (23 Oct) may be remembered by future Police and Crime Commissioners as the day they finally found out for sure who they were up against on 15 November – a key moment … Continue reading →

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Candidate Statement of Nigel Bonson

Posted on 03/10/2012 by samchapman

Nigel Bonson is the Conservative Party Candidate for South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Nigel Bonson has spent his entire working life within the criminal justice system. He is currently an independent member of the Parole Board ensuring public safety … Continue reading →

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Candidate Statement of Mervyn Lambert

Posted on 02/10/2012 by samchapman

Mervyn Lambert is standing as an Independent candidate to be Norfolk PCC My name is Mervyn Lambert. I am Norfolk born and left school at 15 to work on the family farm. At 20 years old I left to make … Continue reading →

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Candidate Statement of Colin Skelton

Posted on 26/09/2012 by samchapman

Colin Skelton is standing as an Independent candidate for Wilshire Police and Crime Commissioner. If you are intending to stand to be Police and Crime Commissioner where you live, you can submit your own Candidate Statement, so get in touch … Continue reading →

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Cambridgeshire – Expenses and Allowances

Posted on 15/09/2012 by samchapman

Ansar Ali – Independent Mr Ali is most recently a Member of Cambridgeshire Police Authority. He has had other public appointments that fall outside the scope of the 2009-12 period. According to Cambridgeshire Police Authority (online and response to FOI) … Continue reading →

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In for a penny…

Posted on 21/08/2012 by samchapman

You may remember that a few months ago TopOfTheCops featured a number of problems that Labour were having with their PCC selection process, particularly around the shortlisting of candidates, which was so bad it was funny. Well, you wouldn't expect … Continue reading →

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A Balanced Ticket?

Posted on 22/07/2012 by samchapman

You may remember that Bob Jones and Yvonne Mosquito, at one time rivals for the West Midlands Labour Police and Crime Commissioner election, quickly buried the hatchet on Bob's victory and became running mates. Well, this week there was the … Continue reading →

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Where Nadine Dorries went wrong

Posted on 08/07/2012 by samchapman

Nadine Dorries MP, in her piece on ConservativeHome this morning on how the LibDems have wrecked the PCC elections makes a couple of good points. The role would indeed be more substantial if it included impact on sentencing and detention, … Continue reading →

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‘Scrutiny’

Posted on 06/07/2012 by samchapman

Today I went to Lancashire County Council's annual Scrutiny session for Crime and Disorder. For the past two years I've had the chance to fire questions at the assembled partners, but I'm no longer on the committee, so had to … Continue reading →

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