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Category Archives: police
What should a Police and Crime Commissioner do?
It is not that long now until Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are upon us – elections will be held on the 15th November 2012 – but there is still some confusion (and concern) over what this new role will … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing
Tagged communication, crime, election, engagement, govt, local govt, manifesto, pcc, police and crime commissioner, politics, trust, vote, voter
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Effective Engagement 5
New Technology – more hindrance than help? This isn’t my image – just one that I feel reflects the public view of technology, and of the police. Many people – especially in middle management in the police- are frightened of … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing
Tagged Facebook, Flick'r, social media, technology, video, YouTube
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Effective Engagement 4 – The Usual Suspects
The consultation process should aim to maximise the opportunities of local residents and others (e.g. businesses, school children etc.) to make their concerns heard and be taken into account before the organisation makes a final decision. Skilful communication is an … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communication, communities, community, legitimacy, multizone, Personal, policing, runnymede, social media, trust, Twitter
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Effective Engagement 3 – Stop making decisions
A continuation of my posts on the theme of engagement. Stop making decisions. Or at least stop taking all the decisions yourself. Stop thinking that the police have the monopoly on all the good ideas. As one commentator on part 1 … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communication, communities, community, confidence, engagement, feedback, trust, virtual ward panel, ward panel
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Effective Engagement 2
What the heck are we talking about? …consultation, engagement, conversation, involvement, participation… We use these words all the time, but with little thought to what they actually mean. from Wikipedia definition “The tradition of a decision-making body getting inputs from … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communities, community, consultation, conversation, definitions, engagement, participation, public
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Effective Engagement 1
I don’t believe that the police really want to engage with the public. It is encouraging to see you all here reading this, but as a service we want to pay lip service to engagement, rather than use it to … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communities, community, confidence, engagement, police, policing, Twitter
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Social Media and Serious Crime part 2 – Pandora’s box
There has been lots written about the use of social media in the recent UK riots, and perhaps I will return to that subject in the future. In these posts however, I want to focus on how police forces can … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Social Media Handbook
Tagged covert, crowd source, futures, pandoras box, police, policing, secret, SIO, Twitter, Whosarat.com
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Social Media and Serious Crime part 1
There has been lots written about the use of social media in the recent UK riots, and perhaps I will return to that subject in the future. In these posts however, I want to focus on how police forces can use … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector, Social Media Handbook
Tagged #bostonexplosion, communication, communities, Community tension, confidence, crime, Facebook, feedback, police, policing, serious crime, SIO, social media, Twitter
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Don’t believe the hype – Policing Today
Quick plug for my latest article for Policing Today – http://www.policingtoday.co.uk/Content/Doc.aspx?id=860
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged community, hype, policing, social media, Values
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Secret Policing
As forces (and indeed the entire criminal justice system) become more involved with private partners and third sector providers to deliver policing services, is there a danger that transparency and accountability will be reduced? Even collaboration between forces requires a … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged collaboration, futures, Money, outsourcing, police, policing, Values
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