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These are outcomes public services must avoid through on-going audits and reviews.

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With many discussions around what policing’s core mission should entail and how it should be achieved, author, lecturer and former Police Scotland superintendent Martin Gallagher PhD argues that a more Platonic philosophical approach to the debate could deliver some benefits in determining the role and remit of the service. ❝My contention is that policing has changed its philosophical outlook, and it is in this that an answer to the consternation that stalks the service lies.❞ ❝My immediacy-focused policing has solvency and commission rates at its heart, with policing agencies being able to provide hard data on their success (or lack thereof). You could walk around a town and ‘see’ if policing was working, in the Peelian manner of an absence of ‘disorder’.❞ ❝There has been a marked withdrawal of senior policing leaders from civic life and society over the last 30 years. Sir Robert Mark, a very successful and influential Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, set agendas in the 1970’s. Today’s chief constables follow agendas.❞ ❝Maybe we need more wisdom and circumspection, and less acquiescence? More debate, but not polarised vitriol? Yes, policing should change through time, but should this be to the detriment of core principles and its ‘Platonic form’?❞ https://lnkd.in/dbtHqGiu #lawenforcement #policing #police

Policing in the 21st century appears to have no consensual objective metric; every group has its own view on what policing ought to be. In attempting to cater to all these extremely vocal ‘interest’ groups, policing has careened off mission, whilst not tangibly improving public opinion. The lack of self awareness and ideological purpose of many of the existing Chief Officer cadre is evident in their lack of confidence and philosophical acumen in standing for ‘the mission’, when challenged by critical groups. Machiavelli said, “it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.” I’m not saying the police should be feared as an institution, however, to view policing purely as a consential practice, which requires constant feedback from fickle special groups, and vast public scrutiny on the most banal of interactions is to fundamentally misunderstand the core role of the police and the relationship between the state and the citizenry. It also creates a false debate on what policing by consent is; which I feel needs thorough definition, and what it means for the police when many groups no longer ‘consent’. Because capitulation is only viewed as weakness by the groups with the largest axes to grind on the police. A great read for any of the thinkers out there who are bold enough the challenge conventional police thinking, which has become stultified in an environment which abhorres and derides non conformist thinking, despite constantly congratulating itself on embracing change and open mindedness.

Following a string of scandals and tough inspection reports, there have been near-constant demands for policing in England and Wales to reform; at the recent Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) Centre for Policing Research annual conference, three academics presented their blueprints for making change a reality – from new powers to intervene in failing forces, to adopting UN standards, and creating a new ‘police reserve’ – as Policing Insight’s James Sweetland reports. ❝In the view of the academics, these radical ideas offer a way forward for policing in England and Wales – even if they might also attract some controversy.❞ ❝If we have forces who are consistently being graded as ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’, what compels them to make change? It’s all well and good to say, ‘you’re graded inadequate’, but what actually, as an organisation, do you have to do?❞ - James Harris, Policing Lecturer, CCCU ❝I urge the Home Secretary to seriously consider placing before Parliament draft legislation that gives HM Inspectors the powers they need to help make the police service fit for the challenges it faces. - Andy Cooke, HMCIC ❝It’s a radical idea, and one which might attract scepticism from those wary of threats to policing’s operational independence. But Mr Harris is clear in his view that it might accelerate necessary changes to policing in England and Wales.❞ ❝This idea that a bunch of retired police officers can be hired as consultants to fix the service – which they didn’t fix while they were in post – is not the out-of-the-box thinking we need. It can’t be the same old boys network.❞ - Andrew Carpenter, Senior Policing Lecturer, CCCU ❝We have officers leaving the service who have been trained up as detectives, possibly as firearms officers or advanced drivers… Why don’t we bring them back in, as a reserve, so we could then use those skills and abilities?❞ - Chris Sharwood-Smith, Senior Policing Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] https://lnkd.in/erYkxBQk #lawenforcement #policing #police

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Today I have published my annual State of Policing report which shows the public are being let down by inconsistencies across police forces, from investigating crime to responding to the public.    I know officers and staff across the country are working hard to keep the public safe, but there should be no doubt that the police will be there for them when they are most needed. His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) have repeatedly seen evidence that they are failing to get the basics right.     For example, one consequence of this poor performance is that too few criminal investigations are leading to an offender being charged or receiving an out-of-court disposal. Urgent improvements are needed, and we shouldn’t accept that some forces investigate crime better than others.    But not all blame can be laid on police forces. Finances remain an area of increasing concern. For nearly ten years, the police funding formula has been outdated and unfair and needs to be distributed to go where it is needed most.    The police remain an institution we should be proud of, we cannot allow our police forces to fail.     Our police forces need more support to improve than we can give them with our current powers and funding. Having sufficient oversight of the performance of police forces is essential to making our communities safer.

“Still failing on too many occasions to meet the public’s expectations and are letting down too many victims of crime” Andy Cooke His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) - The great news is that there is now a national solution available to all 43 UK forces should they choose to adopt it… #Kulpa is an accredited, SaaS platform that empowers victims, whilst also providing efficiency savings for policing. A free public mobile app (available from the app stores), encourages more victims to come forward, with a safe space to upload and secure evidence (photographs, videos, audio, messages, documents etc - all in a forensically compliant manner) and the freedom to then choose when to share and report incidents to their local police force. Police receive the evidence on their kulpa PCC Service, which provides a CPR-compliant evidential package to enable a suspect-focused investigation, without the need to seize or download the victims mobile phone.

A trial supported by The Home Office’s Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE), PDS and Crown Prosecution Service evidenced that Kulpa could (1) Improve victim experiences, (2) Save police time and/or money and (3) Get usable data/evidence through the system more quickly. Find out more by watching Get Justice, Get Kulpa video on kulpaCloud #justice #progress #change