Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has issued another report, this one on increasing efficiency in the police service.
This week the Authority will be launching our 'Have your say' roadshows.
It's that time of year again and the Authority will be touring the county throughout July and August to talk to the public about their policing priorities. We will be visiting town centre shopping centres from Sainsburys through to Bluewater.
What a dire weekend, the weather was terrible. Lots in the news today of the rise in cannabis farms around the UK with media reports that the police...
I was really glad to see that the IPCC have written to the Home Office requesting the power to investigate all private staff who carry out police duties. Ultimately the statutory duty on the IPCC is to increase public confidence in the police complaints system in England and Wales, so it will be an interesting one to watch.
April already - can't quite believe where the time has gone since Christmas!
I've just returned from West Africa and had a wonderful break with lots of sunshine. This week I'm really looking forward to our Safer Kent Awards ev...
The Authority hosted the first national Police and Crime Commissioner conference focusing on the changes ahead.
It's 2012 already and despite the gloom and doom in the high street, unemployment at worrying levels and dismal financial forecasts, there are many re...
Well, what a very busy time we have had! As the APA Portfolio holder for National Events, I was busy helping to organise and support the APA Transitio...
31 August, 2011 I have today written to Paul Carter, Conservative Leader of KCC and Trudy Dean, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition, to thank them for t...
I have witnessed the disastrous results of political interference in policing in too many places. Proud forces, some originally moulded in the British tradition, brought to their knees and demoralised. We neither need nor want that here.
