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Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird QC welcomed Wednesday’s Justice Committee report commenting on new Sentencing Council guidelines. The guidelines propose to continue allowing judges to reduce the sentence by a third for a defendant who pleads...
Operation Encompass, a scheme which sees police forces and schools working together to support children who witness domestic abuse, ‘should be rolled out across all forces’, Northumbria PCC Vera Baird told the BBC 2 Victoria Derbyshire programme yesterday. Commissioner...
It’s time to ban driving with hands-free mobile phones, say Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, as new research finds driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be just as distracting as talking on a hand-held mobile....
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, has welcomed the Psychoactive Substances Act, which has come into force today. It will see a blanket ban on the production, distribution, sale and supply of legal highs which are intended for...
Restorative Justice (RJ) has no place in domestic abuse cases says Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird. Commissioner Baird is backing comments made in Theresa May’s recent speech to the Police Federation, in which she raised concerns with...
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