Just blogging a quick 20 pointer (HT @Danslee) after a great weekend at BluelightCamp. I have blogged the network of networks here so this is a more general write up.
Thank yous
Thank you Sasha, Mark and Clare , Angus and Simon for a fab event. Really interesting mix of people and as ever with these things lots and lots of interesting discussions.
Extra thanks to Sasha who is a complete star in creating and...
Posted by
curiouscatherine on 19th November 2012 in
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We’ve been having a look at the results from the Police and Crime Commissioner elections – not uniquely I add and I would recommend the analysis on the Guardian Data Blog as well as Sam Chapman’s writing over at http://topofthecops.com/.
The success of the independent candidates is perhaps the most interesting outcome once we look past the turnout figures.
We all know the top line figure: 39% of the new...
Posted by
curiouscatherine on 16th November 2012 in
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Even without the final results it’s not too early to say that the turnout for the Police and Crime Commissioners has been horribly horribly low. Just a few examples: 16:09% in Nottinghamshire, 19.58% in Avon & Somerset, 19:48% in Humberside but these levels also mask areas of even lower engagement in some places: 11% in Coventry, 10.3% in Epping, 15.65% in Hull, 15% in North Devon. The list does and will...
Posted by
curiouscatherine on 22nd January 2012 in
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Huge thanks to the folks who joined me for the session on elected Police and Crime Commissioners – including @demsoc, @Nickkeane, @SashaTayler and a some others who I don’t yet know on twitter.
I used the session to test and expand some work I have been doing on this which you can read about here. Put simply I am proposing 4 principles for the PCC:
The Office should own the Democracy
Be open by...
Posted by
curiouscatherine on 17th January 2012 in
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I have been dithering about this post and this issue for a while now but thanks to a brilliantly interesting meeting with the team at the South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat (thank you folks) and also a couple of conversations with other Police Authority clients its time to get something out in the world I think.
In November 2012 we will be electing 41 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) who will be the custodian of...
