The Chair of the Association of Police & Crime Commissioners, Vera Baird has today attended two important events in London about girls. Commissioner Baird has joined Maria Miller MP and Lisa Nandy MP at the Plan UK event to...
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird QC, is consulting the people of Newcastle on Wednesday 5th October 2016 at Newcastle Civic Centre at 6pm as she looks to help inform her police and crime plan. Chaired by Cllr...
Vera Baird QC welcomes hopes of a Government u-turn to exempt refuges from benefit cuts Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird QC, has welcomed news that the Government is ‘working on exempting refuges’ from the housing benefit cap,...
Police are committed to cutting the numbers of burglaries in Newcastle and Gateshead and working with our communities to help keep them safe Earlier this year a burglary operation was launched aimed at getting burglars off our streets and...
The findings of today’s CPS annual Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) report reveal a record number of convictions for rape, domestic abuse, sexual offences and child abuse cases, have been described as showing ‘welcome progress’ by Northumbria Police...
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird QC, is calling on the Government to end its delays and uncertainty around the funding of domestic abuse refuges, while reassuring victims who need to escape an abusive relationship that help is...
Three months on since the launch of new legislation to tackle so called ‘legal highs’ officers in Newcastle are continuing to work with partners to get them off the streets. On May 26th the government introduced the Psychoactive Substances...
Today, a letter has been sent to the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, by political leaders and Northumbria’s Police Chief, urging him to take action in relation to the issuing of taxi licences....
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird QC, who gave evidence at the Justice Select Committee’s first inquiry into the use of Restorative Justice (RJ) in the criminal justice system, has welcomed today’s report from the Committee which calls...
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