NB To inform this response I have consulted with colleagues and partners drawn from regional schools and colleges, heath services, voluntary sector organisations, social housing providers, LSCBs & local authority policy departments. The Current Child Protection System ...
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird QC’s response to the Hate Crime and its Consequences Inquiry. Q1 The effectiveness of current legislation for preventing and prosecuting hate crime New criminal offences and enhanced sentences have been introduced...
Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird QC’s response to the Revised Statutory Guidance on Domestic Homicide Reviews. In the five years that have passed since the last review of the Multi-agency Statutory Guidance for the Conduct of Domestic...
The PCC reviews the success of the previous Police and Crime Plan (2013-18). This includes facts and figures of successes within Northumbria Police and the improvements to local services. The PCC looks forward to the new aspects of the...
Vera Baird QC, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and Chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, said: “It’s really important that all victims have the confidence to report hate crimes, and when they do so it should...
The latest figures published by the national Rape Monitoring Group, an agency coordinated by HMIC, once again show a significant increase in rape offences recorded in Northumbria, in-line with the national trend. The figures show improved confidence in reporting,...
Over the last few weeks there has been an increase of clown activity that is causing concern, which appears to be linked to the Stephen King film “IT”. Since Friday 30th September, Northumbria Police has seen a rise in...
Build strength and courage to be the person you want to be, become a Volunteer Police Cadet Young people across the region are being invited to join the next intake of Northumbria Police’s Volunteer Police Cadet’s. Next week recruitment...
School pupils across Northumberland are invited to take part in a competition to promote awareness of the issue of hate crime. The competition called ‘taking action against hate crime’ is being launched as part of the National Hate crime...
Being you is not a crime, targeting you is – that’s the message from Northumbria Police and Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird QC, during National Hate Crime Awareness Week. National Hate Crime Awareness Week runs between Saturday...
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