Hampshire’s Chief Constable is taking over leadership of the Strategic Command Course, sparking fresh uncertainty over the future of Neil Basu. The College of Policing announced CC Olivia Pinkney is joining on secondment to oversee the leadership development programme which prepares police officers and staff for the most senior ranks.… One of the country’s top female Chief Constables is set to lead the Strategic Command Course....
PCCs took to Twitter to condemn the move which could negatively impact their own force Uplift targets – since the targets are based on an overall force number increase rather than just the number of new recruits. A letter signed by eight PCCs, including Hampshire PCC Donna Jones and Hertfordshire’s… Transfer lure reneges on chief constables agreement not to "incentivise" poaching officers from other forces PCCs' letter alleges. ...
Bedfordshire PCC Festus Akinbusoye has described the Met’s move to offer officers £5,000 to transfer from other forces as “ultra vires” (acting outside legal authority). He tweeted: “I am gravely concerned by @metpoliceuk Acting Commissioner’s £5k incentive for transferees from other forces. “It reneges on agreement in place, will not… PCCs have complained after the Met announced a financial incentive to lure officers from other forces. ...
Leicestershire PCC Rupert Matthews warned that with multiple forces looking for leaders after a spate of retirements, they were having to compete for a limited number of candidates. He is currently reviewing applications for a successor to Simon Cole who retired after 12 years as Chief Constable. But he is… Forces are struggling to find enough candidates for Chief Constable posts and a rethink is needed on how to encourage senior officers to go for the top jobs....
CC Foulkes has been the North Wales Chief since 2018 and will be approaching his 30 years’ service by October. He had started out as an aircraft engineer in the Royal Navy before moving over to BTP in 1993 to begin his career in policing. He said: “At that time… Chief Constable Carl Foulkes has announced he will leave the service in October. ...
Amanda Tillotson did not come to policing via a traditional route. “I left school in 1988 with very limited qualifications and unsure really of what I wanted to do,” she told Police Oracle. “I just happened to be out on my bike one day and cycled past Wembley Army careers… Amanda Tillotson became a Chief Superintendent with Kent earlier this month after filling the role temporarily. She spoke to Police Oracle about her unusual career path. ...
A decision on the successor to Dame Lynne Owens is being delayed while the Home Office and Downing Street resolve the crucial appointment. Candidates for the top job at the National Crime Agency have been told the vacancy is to be re-opened to applicants. Both the Home Office and Number… Appointing a new head of the National Crime Agency is being held up by Whitehall wrangling....
Damian Walton joined the police when business computers were in their infancy and home computers didn’t exist. He completed his 30 years of service and is now the managing director of IntaForensics, which works alongside forces supporting them with the forensic analysis of digital devices. The company provides digital forensic… Police Oracle talks to a company headed up by a former officer which employs other ex-officers with niche skills to provide digital services to forces. ...
The National Crime Agency has lost a second member of its top team. Dr Nina Cope is standing down as Deputy Director General to start an unyet confirmed role at the Ministry of Defence. She joined the agency in 2017 from the High Speed 2 rail project where she was… A senior leader of the National Crime Agency is leaving the organisation to take up a new role....
Former Met Commander Mel Dales has been appointed DCC of the MDP. The appointment follows Mel taking up post as Assistant Chief Constable, Nuclear and Marine during February this year, having served as a Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service and in a range of roles in Cambridgeshire Constabulary and… Melanie Dales is the first female MDP DCC in the Force’s 50-year history...