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News November 2014

Commissioners Launch Strategy to Tackle Alcohol Misuse 19th November 2014

Police and Crime Commissioners from across the country have marked Alcohol Awareness Week by launching a national plan to tackle alcohol misuse. The plan was launched at today’s APCC Partnership Summit, which brings together Police and Crime Commissioners from...

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North East Commissioners Take Their Complaint Further with the Ombudsman 18th November 2014

The three north east Police and Crime Commissioners have today taken their complaint of misconduct against Judge George Moorhouse, for his handling of domestic violence cases, a stage further by appealing to the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman. The...

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National Restorative Justice Week 17th November 2014

This week marks National Restorative Justice Week and here in the Northumbria Police region victims are being put at the heart of this work. Leading this focus is the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird who is looking...

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Group on Track to Get to Art of Matter at Metro Station 10th November 2014

THE walls of a South Tyneside Metro station are now looking brighter following the unveiling of a new artwork. Members of the community group Bright Futures have created two feature pieces for Chichester Metro station in South Shields. The...

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Comment from the Northumbria Commissioner on the PCC by election win for Labour’s Alan Billings in South Yorkshire 3rd November 2014

“I offer my warmest congratulations to Alan Billings on his election as Police and Crime Commissioner. I was involved in the campaign at the start when Alan decided to take on a strategy like Northumbria’s Violence Against Women and...

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Police Commissioners Reject Legal Review Curbs 27th October 2014

Police Tsars Reject Legal Review Curbs Vera Baird called the changes a “worrying interference with the rights of ordinary people” Chris Harris/The Times Frances Gibb Legal Editor, The Times Newspaper   Ministers’ plans to curb the rights of individuals...

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Correspondence sent by Commissioner Baird to Chris Grayling MP in relation to the new Anti-Social Behaviour Powers 20th October 2014

Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP Secretary of State Ministry of Justice 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ 20th October 2014 Dear Secretary of State, Anti-Social Behaviour Powers As today sees the launch of the Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, I am...

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Labour MP Nick brown Urges Party Not to Scrap Police and Crime Commissioners 20th October 2014

Labour MP Nick Brown Urges Party Not to Scrap Police and Crime Commissioners Oct 17, 2014 19:00 By Jonathan Walker from the Journal Newspaper A leading Labour MP has urged his party to rethink plans to axe Police and...

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Action Needed to tackle the True Cost of Alcohol 15th October 2014

As alcohol-related NHS admissions hit almost 10 million in England, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has again called for action to be taken in stemming the consumption of alcohol. Already this year Mrs Baird, together with fellow...

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Commissioner Welcomes Local Mental Health Pledge 15th October 2014

A locally organised event supporting people experiencing a mental health crisis has been welcomed by Vera Baird. The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria was speaking about the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat workshop being held later this month...

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