New assistant chief for Wiltshire Police (From Swindon Advertiser)
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New assistant chief for Wiltshire Police
1:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009 in
WILTSHIRE Police’s new Assistant Chief Constable has vowed to make the county the safest place in the UK.
Patrick Geenty, previously of Humberside Police, will take up his new role on Monday.
“I’m absolutely delighted to have been appointed by the police authority as an Assistant Chief Constable in Wiltshire,” he said.
“I’m greatly looking forward to working with the chief officer team to deliver the Chief Constable’s vision of making Wiltshire the safest county in the country.”
The father-of-two entered the police service in 1983 when he joined Gloucestershire Constabulary.
His early service saw him undertake a variety of roles in both uniform and CID before he moved to Humberside Police in 1998 as a Chief Inspector.
Assistant Chief Constable Geenty’s roles in Humberside included Superintendent of Operations in Hull, Divisional Commander for East Yorkshire and Head of Corporate Development.”
Wiltshire Chief Constable Brian Moore said: “I’m delighted that Patrick Geenty will be joining us here at Wiltshire as one of our two assistant chief constables.
“He brings with him a broad range of experience and will further strengthen our senior officer team within Wiltshire Police.”
Comments(27)
The Real Librarian
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2:42pm Thu 9 Jul 09
Any chance however he could incorporate more of the public’s priorities.
I think most people want coppers to focus on crimes that matter, like Anti-Social behaviour, public nuisance, drunkenness, burglary, car-theft and vandalism.
Unfortunately coppers seem to want to focus on persecuting motorists, harassing motorists, issuing lucrative tickets to motorists and issuing crime numbers to everyone else.
fair_enuf
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2:55pm Thu 9 Jul 09
swindonistani
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3:06pm Thu 9 Jul 09
Can we ask this document as a freedom of information request?
The Real Librarian
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3:47pm Thu 9 Jul 09
fair_enuf wrote:Really.
FYI anti social behaviour is a civil matter hence the reason the council deal with it rather than the police, the police work with the council on this.
So when there are half a dozen yobs outside your house throwing stones at the window you should call the council?
When the streets are full of yobs swearing, shouting, fighting, spitting, drinking and behaving aggressively, you call the council?
Or if someone breaks open the door of your block of flats to use the inside as an underage drinking den or drug shop, still the council?
Or they vandalize your car, set fire to your shed, graffiti the fence, nick your wheelie bin or whatever, just the council.
These things are crimes and the police should deal. When these happen to people, they diminish their quality of life, especially the elderly who are too scared to go out at night.
Bobfm
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5:45pm Thu 9 Jul 09
The definition of anti-social behaviour under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Criminal Legislation not Civil) is that it is 'behaviour likely to cause alarm, harassment or distress to members of the public not of the same household as the perpetrator'.
Depending on the circumstances, many kinds of behaviour can be called anti-social
The main examples include:
* Criminal damage/vandalism
* Threatening behaviour
* Harassment
* Abandoned vehicles
* Neighbour problems
* Noise
* Dogs fouling
* Fly tipping
linnyonline
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6:49pm Thu 9 Jul 09
Bobfm
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7:28pm Thu 9 Jul 09
itsamess
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7:52pm Thu 9 Jul 09
ifuwantblood
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10:03pm Thu 9 Jul 09
Will he be out doing real police work, and kicking plod's arse to actually catch some criminals rather than pi**ing about harrassing law-abiding, hard-working, tax-paying citizens? Don't hold your breath.
And fair_enuf... don't be such a d**k.
Synergie
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11:08pm Thu 9 Jul 09
Just how safe should we feel with this man as 2nd IC of Wiltshire Police
itsamess
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12:23am Fri 10 Jul 09
Bobfm
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8:09am Fri 10 Jul 09
As I pointed out when a Kent Police Officer, if we needed a logo that said Kent Police Care, then we not doing our jobs properly. It is vital that the police reconnect with the community.
That is not achieved by rolling out 'PC' initiatives which may make minority groups happy, but 'wind up' the majority who see less officers, more blatant crime and less convictions.
May I suggest that Mr Moore and Mr Geenty stop trying to be politicians, we have enough incompetent numbers of those, and start being Police Officers, and make decisions that reflect the will of the people.
Mr Blackwell
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8:15am Fri 10 Jul 09
He knows as well as we do that as long as our judges and courts keep handing down unduly lenient sentences or, as in many cases, letting convicted criminals walk free to re-offend, anything and everything the police do is pretty much a waste of all our time and money.
The police know who the hardcore that create the vast majority of crime, the judges refuse to jail them to protect the public and cut crime.
The whole situation has run its course, time for reform in our courts. Starting with locally elected judges who face re-election every two years.
We'd soon see a very rapid improvement in their attitude and sentencing if this policy were to be introduced.
The next best thing would be minimum sentencing guides, so that judges are unable to be overly lenient and let people off when they quite clearly shouldn't.
swindonistani
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9:01am Fri 10 Jul 09
Bobfm wrote:How about letting Swindonians, Wiltshire citizens vote in police Chiefs on an election program?
I think it is true to say that Wiltshire Police like other forces has a serious image problem and it is not helped by police officers of various ranks constantly appearing in the media and on the television at the drop of a hat. As I pointed out when a Kent Police Officer, if we needed a logo that said Kent Police Care, then we not doing our jobs properly. It is vital that the police reconnect with the community. That is not achieved by rolling out 'PC' initiatives which may make minority groups happy, but 'wind up' the majority who see less officers, more blatant crime and less convictions. May I suggest that Mr Moore and Mr Geenty stop trying to be politicians, we have enough incompetent numbers of those, and start being Police Officers, and make decisions that reflect the will of the people.
A bit like American sheriffs?Since the police is here to serve their community it is fair to expect accountability
Bobfm
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9:22am Fri 10 Jul 09
http://www.ukip.org/
media/pdf/law_final.
swindonistani
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9:52am Fri 10 Jul 09
Bobfm wrote:I am already UKIP converted, I am simply suggesting implementation asap!
swindonistani, it is already UKIP policy and as can be seen by the date on the document long before the other parties 'suggested it'. http://www.ukip.org/ media/pdf/law_final. pdf
Bobfm
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10:26am Fri 10 Jul 09
That's assuming these candidates are Honest with the Public!!!!!!!! saying please vote UKIP our leader won't give you a referendum.
swindonistani
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10:46am Fri 10 Jul 09
Bobfm wrote:People have finally realised that Labour, tories, libdem are just all in it together, they are in fact close friends, been to school together, it is a gentlemans club there is no denial about this.
Absolutely but until a GE where I hope people vote UKIP in their millions nothing is likely to happen. Mind you given that 84% of all Tory Candidates and sitting MP's disagree with their leaders policy on the Lisbon Treaty vote, we could see a huge upsurge in support for UKIP. That's assuming these candidates are Honest with the Public!!!!!!!! saying please vote UKIP our leader won't give you a referendum.
These people not only are MPs but come from wealthy background.
Why would they do anything to change the current political system, this would be suicidal for either the big 3!
What we need a totally going away from the establishment and start voting on the Program, actions!!!
Why is there no former soldiers as MPs? the question is:
because most soldiers are not wealthy, do not have a powerful social network and most importantly do not belong to the establishment.
BUT I would vote for a former soldier a million times over any other candidates of the big 3 parties!
This Police nomination is just that, an establishement decision to place one of their mate in a cushy job, nothing to do with doing a better jo or serving the community, this is pure and simple establishement decision.
Bobfm
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11:01am Fri 10 Jul 09
Mr Blackwell
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1:23pm Fri 10 Jul 09
Hardly likely to want to do themselves out of £100k a year, guaranteed for four years, though - are they!
Bobfm
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4:57pm Fri 10 Jul 09
Ankh
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2:31pm Sat 11 Jul 09
Now back to the "Weakest Link"
Bobfm
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7:38pm Sat 11 Jul 09
Had you bothered to read the context in which UKIP was mentioned was swindonistani raised the issue of elected police chiefs. I am sorry if you couldn't follow that.
Ankh
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9:41am Sun 12 Jul 09
You turn every story on this site into a "UKIP are going to save the world" forum and your posts "contribute nothing" as they they mostly have "nothing" to do the the issue.
Bobfm
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9:50am Sun 12 Jul 09
Very enlightening. So what has your repeated attacks on me have to then on any of the threads you post on?.
bilzinuk
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3:46pm Sat 18 Jul 09
For a party that had,until a wee bitta plagiarism crept in by the side door, the manifesto promise to get one and all outa the EU, they want to have elected MEPs. Bit like a turkey voting for christmas AND providing the Paxo....laffs
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