Too many police chiefs? - A review of police strength and costs in England & Wales 2010

BACKGROUND - POLICE CHIEFS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The curiously timed co-incidental departure of both Peter Neyroud, and Peter Holland, the CEO and Chairman of the NPIA, days before the new Liberal Conservative Government take over, and following the revelations about the profligate spending by Mr Neyroud and his agency. Click the link to read the article.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/crime/2010/04/ chairman-follows-chief-exec-through-the-npia-exit- door.html

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ danielhannan/100017566/off-you-go-then-sir-hugh/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252615/ACPO- comes-new-1-6m-used-perks-officers.html#ixzz0gAxNsqfh

Britain’s most powerful police body, which is run as a private business, has spent millions of pounds meant for counter-terrorism work on luxury London flats for senior officers. The spending on an undisclosed number of apartments in the Westminster area is understood to be about £1.6million a year. The money is taken directly from taxpayers’ cash given to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) by the Home Office to tackle the terrorist threat across Britain. To read the article, click the link above.

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Sir Hugh’s Orde’s (ACPO President) who sug- gested that Chief Officers should offer to resign if a Conservative Home Secretary sought to push through proposals for greater police accountability and elected police commissioners. Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph wrote that his offer to resign should be politely accepted by any incoming Conservative Home Secretary. The same goes for any other Chief Constable who believes that the public cannot be trusted to have a say in how they behave. The sooner we clear the inveterate quangocrats out of the way, the better for everyone.

Click the link above to read the article.

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