Police seek savings with new Criminal Justice department
Thursday 22nd September 2011, 2:57PM BST.
Inpector Sarah Henderson,
A NEW police department has been created to make sure suspects are treated correctly when in police custody and to look after victims and witnesses.
The Criminal Justice department will be led by Sarah Henderson, who has been promoted to the rank of inspector to take command.
She explained that her team of around 50 would bring together police and civilian staff from various existing areas in a bid to save money and provide a more efficient service.
The changes were prompted by the need to save cash under the comprehensive spending review, the States-wide drive to cut public sector spending by £65 million by 2013.
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A team of 50 people in Police Force of less than 250 officers? I am told by a reliable informant that often there are fewer than five officers to police the streets, whereas in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, I recall over 20 officers being available on nights.
I’d like to ask the police hierarchy, why can’t they put more officers on the street to protect the public, rather than put in so much effort mollycoddling prisoners?
I’ll watch this develpoment with interest, to see what vast improvements this will make in the arrest and conviction of offenders. Let us see if crime and disorder in the island reduces as a result of the initiative.
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“make sure suspects are treated correctly” – too little too late, as far as the police in this Island are concerned you are guilty until proven otherwise, always has been and always will be – no pr exercise will change that !!!!!
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Mogit – I thought you said people were only guilty if Syvret said so on his blog. Agreed this applies to the oligarchy, Freemasons, Civil servants, people who criticise or don’t completely agree with him, people who don’t vote for him, the UK government and most of the EU.
Is it true that after Brussels he will be taking his case to Mars?
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Mogit # 2. Are you speaking through the rear of your underpants?
If it is as you say, ‘guilty until proven innocent’, how come the Crown Officers knock back so many cases because there is insufficient evidence?
How come there are acquittals in both the Magistrates and Royal Court?
There is always a presumption of innocence and the prosecution still have to prove their case beyond all reasonable doubt. All the defendant has to do is create that element of doubt.
I am able to conduct a critical analysis of the police and I am not adverse to making constructive criticism of the cops. This is based on my extensive knowledge of the subject.
Your comments have no credibility whatsoever and are probably a weak attempt to snipe at the criminal justice system for reasons only known to yourself.
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Blue Knight.
With the greatest of respect, your comments are typical establishment and I can assure you that no, I do not have a criminal record, but do have first-hand experience of dealing with the police and do stand by my comments.
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Mogit # 5. I can assure you that I was not a typical member of the establishment and regularly challenged the hierarchy – as a retiree I still frequently make constructive criticisms of policing. I know it is far from perfect, but the idea that suspects are guilty until proved innocent is preposterous.
At no time did I intimate that you had a criminal record, I merely mentioned your sniping at the criminal justice system. Your reasons for doing so are unknown.
If you have a genuine complaint, you should have the courage to draw it to the attention of the Professional Standards Department, or engage the assistance of a lawyer.
My concerns remain – new department highlighted above, is being created possibly at the expense to front line policing. I know that far fewer police officers are available to patrol the streets. The evidence is clear – we see less of them in the public view.
Years ago the byword for policing was omnicompetence, whereas nowadays it seems it is specialisation. It seems more and more officers are being hived off to specialist units, where they apparently know more and more about less and less.
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