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News December 2013

Commissioner’s Newsletter December 2013 4th December 2013

PCCs Newsletter – December 2013

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Commissioner’s Response to the Forensic Science Regulation Consultation 21st November 2013

OFFICE OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR NORTHUMBRIA Home Office consultation: New statutory powers for the forensic science regulator. Response to the consultation from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria   1 Background –...

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Commissioner’s response to consultation on Ministry of Justice Transforming Legal Aid – Next Steps 1st November 2013

Consultation on Ministry of Justice Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps Response from Vera Baird QC Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria 1 November 2013  Introduction The Commissioner is pleased to see that the original proposals contained in Transforming Legal...

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Commissioner’s response to Transforming rehabilitation – Data Tables Consultation 22nd September 2013

Transforming Rehabilitation: Data Room Opportunity for Police and Crime Commissioners The Virtual Data Room(VDR) offers an opportunity for Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCCs) to consider the type of information they would like to futures bidders for rehabilitation contractors to...

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Commissioner’s Response to the Home Office Stop and Search Powers Consultation 17th September 2013

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria Response to the Home Office Stop and Search Powers Consultation September 2013 The use of police Stop and Search powers can be an effective tool for police officers in the...

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Commissioner’s Response – HMIC Report – Rape Monitoring Group, Adult and Child Rape Data for 2012/13 20th August 2013

I welcome the publication of the findings of the HMIC Rape Monitoring Groups for Northumbria outlining adult and child rape data for 2012/13.  In particularly I value the approach taken by HMIC to provide Police and Crime Commissioners with...

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Commissioner’s response to consultation on Early Deletion of DNA and Fingerprint Records 17th August 2013

View the Commissioner’s response to consultation on Early Deletion of DNA and Fingerprint Records here.

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Commissioner’s Response – HMIC Inspection – Northumbria Police’s response to the funding challenge. 16th August 2013

Response to the HMIC latest report on Policing in Austerity, Rising to the Challenge, specifically Northumbria Police’s response to the funding challenge, published July 2013. Having read this report I am reassured that HMIC found that Northumbria police have...

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Commissioner’s Response – HMIC Inspection – Making the Connections A thematic inspection of police force compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the National Ballistics Intelligence Service and Police Forces 15th August 2013

Response to the national report published June 2013 in which Northumbria Police were one of ten forces inspected.  Forces inspected were chose to represent a range of forces sizes, rural and urban environments, rates of gun crime and levels...

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Commissioner’s response – HMIC Inspection – Stop and Search Powers: are the police using them effectively and fairly? 15th August 2013

Response to the national report published in July 2013 and in particular the findings relating to Northumbria. I welcome both the national report on stop and search and the local perspective provided in relation to Northumbria Police. I particularly...

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