Tinkerbell
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On 15 November 2012 everyone will have a chance to elect a police and crime commissioner for Staffordshire Police. They will be in charge of :-
Please all go out and vote - but please bare in mind when deciding who to vote for - I urge you to not go for a candidate that supports Police privatisation. The tories are already killing our services, and they have now decided on this expensive PCC - if someone gets in (who believes in privatisation) they will get rid of the control rooms (where you ring 999) and other 'civilian' 'back office' function/roles. These could be sold off to the likes of steria / G4S (god help us all) or companies alike. Once these companies get the contracts its almost impossible to get out of them. Some forces that have gone down outsourcing / privatisation have lost money and not made the savings they were supposed to. These companies are being paid millions to save money .... and its not working.
Because it will probably be a cold dark evening on 15th November - it is worrying that not many people will go out and vote - please take the time - whatever your thoughts on the police - it would be a nail in the coffin if any PCC privatised any part of the police service. The likes of G4S would replace trained experienced workers with staff who have no understanding of our force.
Joy Garner (Labour) - against privatisation
Matthew Ellis (Conservative) - wants to privatise back office staff and his believes he can get up to 100 bobbies back on the beat by cutting bureaucracy and using iPads.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Po...lice-Privatisation-Must-Be-Stopped_45785.html
"Privatisation means that the police will be less accountable to the public. And people will no longer be able to go to the Independent Police Complaints Commission if they have a problem. When a critical incident happens, a force's ability to respond will be severely compromised. The only winners are private companies and shareholders who make profits at the expense of local services."
What do you all think?
- holding the chief constable to account for the delivery of the force
- setting and updating a police and crime plan
- setting the force budget and precept (council tax contributions)
- regularly engaging with the public and communities
- appointing, and where necessary dismissing, the chief constable
Please all go out and vote - but please bare in mind when deciding who to vote for - I urge you to not go for a candidate that supports Police privatisation. The tories are already killing our services, and they have now decided on this expensive PCC - if someone gets in (who believes in privatisation) they will get rid of the control rooms (where you ring 999) and other 'civilian' 'back office' function/roles. These could be sold off to the likes of steria / G4S (god help us all) or companies alike. Once these companies get the contracts its almost impossible to get out of them. Some forces that have gone down outsourcing / privatisation have lost money and not made the savings they were supposed to. These companies are being paid millions to save money .... and its not working.
Because it will probably be a cold dark evening on 15th November - it is worrying that not many people will go out and vote - please take the time - whatever your thoughts on the police - it would be a nail in the coffin if any PCC privatised any part of the police service. The likes of G4S would replace trained experienced workers with staff who have no understanding of our force.
Joy Garner (Labour) - against privatisation
Matthew Ellis (Conservative) - wants to privatise back office staff and his believes he can get up to 100 bobbies back on the beat by cutting bureaucracy and using iPads.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Po...lice-Privatisation-Must-Be-Stopped_45785.html
"Privatisation means that the police will be less accountable to the public. And people will no longer be able to go to the Independent Police Complaints Commission if they have a problem. When a critical incident happens, a force's ability to respond will be severely compromised. The only winners are private companies and shareholders who make profits at the expense of local services."
What do you all think?
gets it he will certainly outsource all police staff/civilian staff - so when you ring 999 you will eventually be dealt with by G4S - god help us all. Dont forget his promise to deal with crime by giving Police Officers Ipads .....
