David Burbage: The police, ambulance and fire services should combine operations
Why can’t firefighters be trained to be paramedics? Why can’t firefighters be trained as special constables?
Posts Tagged: Police
Christopher Salmon: Why the choice of Police and Crime Commissioner matters to Dyfed Powys
Plaid Cymru’s demand to separate from Welsh from English policing represents a clear and present danger to the people of mid-Wales.
Amanda Milling: Time for accountability in the Fire Brigade
The remit of Police and Crime Commissioners should be extended to improve accountability.
Stewart Hay: I will champion more effective policing in Northumbria
Visible policing provides not only reassurance but also a deterrent.
John Campion: Police reform is needed to protect the public
West Mercia Police should focus more resources on the front line.
May proposes further steps to make the police more accountable
The Home Office opens a consultation on reforms to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Mark Weston: Budgetary protection for the police must not be used as an excuse to evade reform
Collaboration can achieve savings and better results.
Marc Jones: My mission to make Lincolnshire a safer place to live
We need more Special Constables to fight rural crime.
David Munro: The police need the right balance of praise and criticism
A Police and Crime Commissioner should help attract top recruits but be intolerant of poor practice.
Philip Seccombes: Why I’m standing to be the Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire
We must be tough on crime to protect the vulnerable.
WATCH: Cameron pays tribute to police who dealt with the Leytonstone attacker
The Prime Minister also hails the observer who said, “You ain’t no Muslim, bruv.”
Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The Prüm Convention on cross-border policing is too costly and risky to justify the supposed benefits
Tomorrow, MPs will be asked to opt back in to the agreement. But it is hard to see why we should.
Alison Hernandez: No cuts – but no complacency in creating a modern police service
A culture of learning from failure is needed.
Will Windsor-Clive: Let’s bring proper accountability to policing in Gloucestershire
As the Police and Crime Commissioner I will open up the books.
A gamble that Osborne should not have taken
Goodbye, Austerity Chancellor. Hello, leadership contender. The Autumn Statement was framed to please Conservative backbenchers rather than crafted to balance the books.