The Case Against ACPO - A Critical Look At The Association Of Chief Police Officers
an income of more than £10 million – almost all of it from the taxpayer – and an incredible £15 million cash ‘at hand’ in its bank account.
Sir Hugh put himself on a collision course with the Tories when he attacked their proposal to introduce directly elected police commissioners.
One senior officer who is due to attend the conference said: ‘Sir Hugh lost face over this and has quietly signalled a U-turn. Powerful people are referring to him as a lame duck.’
Mrs May is also determined to apply the 25 per cent cuts outlined in last week’s Budget.
It is already feared large numbers of officers will be axed and police stations shut to make the savings.
An internal ACPO ‘Insight’ report suggests ‘modernisation’ could replace 28,000 beat officers with civilians.
As the most senior of Police Officers in England & Wales, the public might have expected them to set the right example, that they are committed from the top to controlling costs so that minimal adverse effects are passed down to frontline policing. Yet again we see that our police Chiefs have yet to grasp the point - "The King is dead - Long live the King"
The days of profligate spending under labour are over. This is the tax payers hard earned money you have been wasting all these years, not the bottomless pit of some multi national plc. You must now prove to the country that you are capable of living within your means and delivering the service you know full well you can. The public confidence you say you seek so earnestly will never be rebuilt whilst you, the figureheads, are showing such a flagrant disregard for costs.
Should Sir Hugh offers to resign, it should be politely accepted by the 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 decks of the inveterate quangocrats and bureaucrats, the better for everyone and the sooner we can get some common sense decisions made by common sense coppers who are in touch with the frontline and what the public really want from their police service.
Have a look at these related articles on other police blog sites :-
http://hogday-afternoon.blogspot.com/2010/06/acpo-support-trading-standards-and.html http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/acpo-fiddle-while-rome-burns/
With thanks to Inspector Gadget, a few comments from the frontline in case you missed them on his pages . . . .
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