Tag Archives: Police and Crime Commissioner

More for less? Should police pensioners take full Commissioner salaries as well as pensions?

Posted on 12/02/2012 by samchapman

Today The Record reports the case of John Geates, Director of the Scottish Police College, under the title of “Top cop retires and pockets £300k lump sum but is back at desk the next day”. Mr Geates post was civilianised … Continue reading →

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Exclusive- Lt Col Mike Caseman-Jones bids for TopOfTheCops in Northamptonshire

Posted on 12/02/2012 by samchapman

Territorial Army officer Mike Caseman-Jones has submitted his application to be a candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in Northamptonshire. Lt Colonel Caseman-Jones TD confirmed the news in a tweet to the 7 followers in his nascent campaign on 10 … Continue reading →

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The race for TopOfTheCops in Kent gathers speed

Posted on 11/02/2012 by samchapman

Today Harriet Yeo, a Union rep on Labour’s National Executive Committee, announced at Labour’s South-East conference that she was applying for the party’s nomination. She may be up against Colonel Tim Collins, who has courted controversy for suggesting the job … 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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Croquet Mallets at dawn? Two-Jags is going for TopOfTheCops in Humberside.

Posted on 10/02/2012 by samchapman

Lord Prescott has confirmed to the Hull Daily Mail that he will be seeking the Labour nomination for Police and Crime Commissioner in Humberside.

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A state of Independents shall be? Lessons from Simon Weston’s bid for TopOfTheCops in South Wales.

Posted on 09/02/2012 by samchapman

When Alun Michael (former First Minister) said he wanted to be TopOfTheCops in South Wales, he may have been thinking that a Labour nomination there was as good as getting elected, for he said he would step down as an … Continue reading →

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Decisions needed urgently on rules for elections to be Top Of The Cops

Posted on 09/02/2012 by samchapman

John Turner, the Chief Executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators has told the BBC’s Danny Shaw of his concerns about the Police and Crime Commissioner elections. The force areas cross the council boundaries usually used for elections, will introduce … Continue reading →

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Part-Time Commissioners? Guts, equal rights, or madness?

Posted on 08/02/2012 by samchapman

Colonel Tim Collins, who hopes one day to be Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, is reported by the BBC to think he will do it on a part-time basis. In comments that will generate shrieks of horror in Police Authorities … Continue reading →

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Police Federation express disquiet on Police Reform

Posted on 08/02/2012 by samchapman

Paul McKeever, Chairman of the Police Federation writes here about his concerns about a range of police reform issues, including PCCs. He compares it to rolling the dice and not knowing how they will fall, when his feeling is that … Continue reading →

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Bob Jones Candidate Statement for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner

Posted on 07/02/2012 by samchapman

Breaking new ground with the first of our Candidate Statements, Bob Jones tells TopOfTheCops.com why people should want him as the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands. If you want to submit your own Candidate Statement, get in … Continue reading →

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