Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC responds to reports that Prosecutors have been urged to ditch “weak” rape cases to improve figures.
Dame Vera Baird said “This approach is completely hostile to the principle of access to justice. The point of the CPS is to bring fair prosecutions, not to deliberately avoid bringing them and to abandon hundreds of victims, in order to make their conviction rate look better.
I would be very surprised if there isn’t a judicial review here in the public interest.
If the CPS think that this will make them look better
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Emily Wilding Davison
Emily Wilding Davison was born on 11th Oct 1872, she was one of the most famous suffragettes – she defied the odds many times, she stood up for what she believed in, even when women could not gain a degree from Oxford University, her result exam result was a first class honours. Emily believed in the rights of women, Victorian society wasn’t the best place for articulate, clever women – in fact any women – to progress. The fact that all woman were denied the right to vote drove her on. Emily had a
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A support team to help those affected by anti-social behaviour has been established in South Tyneside.
South Tyneside Council in partnership with South Tyneside Homes have recruited a group of five volunteers to provide support to victims across the Borough.
The Mayor of South Tyneside, Councillor Richard Porthouse, presented the volunteers with certificates to celebrate the completion of their initial training. The training equipped the volunteers with the essential skills needed to support victims affected by anti-social behaviour.
South Tyneside’s ASB victim support volunteering project is being supported by funding from Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC)
continue reading VERA BAIRD WELCOMES SUPPORT FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ASB IN SOUTH TYNESIDE
Northumbria’s Police & Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird has insisted that Conservative Chancellor, George Osborne must pay back over £1 million pound to Northumbria Police.
Mr Osborne has been reprimanded by an official statistics watchdog – after he cut police funding for Northumbria despite promising not to.
The Tories also used the council tax precept by planning a budget that included an assumption local residents in Northumbria would pay £5 a year more for their policing with no consultation with local people, police & crime commissioners or council leaders.
PCC Vera Baird, said: “All of Osborne’s
continue reading “PAY UP” says Police & Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird QC.
The Policing Landscape.
Policing is at the heart of all communities, it creates safety and promotes confidence. However, the landscape on which policing in England and Wales is carried out has changed dramatically in recent years. Crime has been falling since the mid nineties but there has not been a corresponding reduction in demand for police work. Preventive and protective mechanisms have got on one hand more local and on another more complex and the type of crimes investigated, as well as the numbers of them, continue to change year on year.
A report entitled “Reshaping Policing For
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The Commons Education Committee inquiry has reported that all schools in England should have to teach sex and relationships education (SRE) – this is an issue that Vera Baird has campaigned about for many years. The Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner said: “Young people learn so much at school and from each other. “It’s important we teach them about sex education, how good relationships can be formed and how they should be maintained. “Some youngsters will come from homes were they witness domestic abuse, so relationship education will show them that abuse is not the norm and there
continue reading Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner welcomes findings of Commons Education Committee
Open letter from: Vera Baird QC, Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria
To: Mr Mike Ashley, Sports Direct
Mr Mike Ashley
Newcastle United Football Club
St James Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
5th January 2015.
Dear Mr Ashley,
I am writing to you following media speculation that Oldham Athletic Football Club has received reassurances from its biggest sponsor, Sports Direct that they will not withdraw £1m sponsorship if Oldham sign Ched Evans, despite Oldham’s main stand sponsors Verlin Rainwater Solutions saying it will end its association with the club if Evans signs.
As the owner
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Labour Leader, Ed Miliband and Vera Baird – Calling for Answers.
From Labourlist – www.labourlist.org
The Guardian has reported today that Miliband has become one of the most senior politicians to call for a “proper investigation” into the confrontation between police and miners at Orgreave – known as the Battle of Orgreave
Thirty years after the clashes between police and miners at Orgreave, the drive to push for a full investigation into alleged police alleged misconduct both during and after the incident continues. The police are accused of physically assaulting miners, lying under oath and perverting the course of
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Click on the link below. Now is the time for the IPCC to investigate Orgreave, no more delays.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10901515/Police-watchdog-criticised-over-miners-strike-inquiry.html
Police forces across the country work hard, delivering community safety and working with residents to problem solve and cut crime
Policing can only be based on partnership. ‘The police are the public and the public are the police’ is the most quoted of the Peelian principles, set out by the founder of the Metropolitan police. Few people, police, members of the public or politician would ever dispute it – except, perhaps, London mayor, Boris Johnson.
Despite the opposition of 20 of the 25 London assembly, and without the approval of the Home Office, Johnson has decided to spend up
continue reading Progress Online Article (13th June 2014) – Policing through rights and respect – not kilos of water.
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Vera is a member of the Fabian Society
Respect is the UK membership organisation for work with domestic violence perpetrators, male victims and young people. Vera is a patron of Respect
Vera is a patron of Operation Encompass.
