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From the ground floor up, much of the police culture focuses around informal networks and off-duty socialising which excludes gay and ethnic minority officers, writes ex-top cop Brian Paddick Most of the allegations of racism made by Britain's most senior Muslim police officer Tarique Ghaffur are against Sir Ian Blair, so one might have hoped for a more positive response from the Black Police Association...
Brian Paddick opened this debate with his obvious strength, referencing his thirty years experience in policing in support of the basic bones of the motion: An extra 10,000 police officers, paid for by scrapping the ID card scheme. An end to centralised targets that distort local police priorities. Police forces to be directly accountable to local authorities More open [...]
More »Brian Paddick is at the Lib Dem party conference - he just called PinkNews.co.uk to say he has been here the whole time. We just had not spotted him yet. We will catch up with him tomorrow and bring you all the information on what he has [...]
The Lib Dems may have forgotten about the election for Mayor of London all those months ago (four to be exact) and the man who carried their banner, Brian Paddick.
In this issue: An interview with Nick Herbert MP Key issues in devolution with Alan Trench, John Biggs and Kevin Hanratty Police accountability and democratisation - the debate, with Brian Paddick, Fiona Murphy, Gavin Lockhart and Tony McNulty Constraining Government: why is it important for the constitution to be written down? Taking the initiative
By Brian Paddick The modern police service has its origins in the role of the village constable where a member of the community was elected by the villagers to uphold the law and keep the peace. Citizens in uniform, the police should act for and on behalf of the local community, policing that is based, not [...]
Former top policeman Brian Paddick on the suspension of the Met's Tarique Ghaffur and how Commissioner Ian Blair could be seen as a "time limited liability" How is that Sir Ian Blair, the embattled Metropolitan Police Commissioner, finds himself in such a mess with Tarique Ghaffur, the most senior Asian police officer in the UK? Blair's unique selling points were supposedly his pro-diversity stance,...
ssMartin's recent post on policy Climate Change is backed up by the publication of a couple of the articles below. Whilst the pieces by Tim Hollis (The Times) and Brian Paddick (Mail on Sunday) reveal a singularly stubborn commitment to the war on drugs by ignoring the obvious flaws inherent in prohibition, Allan Wall and Silver Donald Cameron present rational positions to suggest that the prohibition...
A billion pound fortune buys you many things, it seems, including immunity from prosecution for possessing crack, cocaine and heroin.Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing and his wife Eva were let off with cautions after being caught in the possession of drugs.
A billion pound fortune buys you many things, it seems, including immunity from prosecution for possessing crack, cocaine and heroin.Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing and his wife Eva were let off with cautions after being caught in the possession of drugs.
The UK Drug Policy Commission says that, despite the large sums of money spent tackling drug crime, little impact on cutting supply or reducing demand has been felt. David Blakey, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, and Brian Paddick, former deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, discuss whether drugs are being prioritised as a problem.
Welcome to the 73rd of our weekly round-ups from the Lib Dem blogosphere, featuring the seven most popular stories according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (6th-12th July), together with a hand-picked quintet you might otherwise have missed. 1. Brian Paddick, ‘lined up as President of the Lib Dems’ on Meral Ece’s Meral’s Musings blog. But plays [...]
Featuring a host of stars including Paddy “I never predict the outcome of elections, but this one feels good” Ashdown, Ming Campbell, Julia Goldsworthy, Nick Clegg, Brian Paddick, lots of balloons and several printing machines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPC1R9×95c0 Details of how to help in the Henley by-election at are www.henleylibdems.org.uk
