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Court backlogs creeping up as barristers look at further action - Statistics released this week show that crown court backlogs have begun to increase since March. • The current number of open cases in the Crown Court stood at 59,973 in June, according to statistics released this week. It means that case backlogs have increased each month since March,- Fed calls for Home Office to end PRRB influence - Frontline leaders have called for the government to end its control of the pay body. • The Police Federation has called for the Home Office to be stripped of the power to set terms of the Police Remuneration Review Body. The first formal response to the government since the pay award
- Forensics body streamlines focus in final step of transformation - Following on from a shake up last year whereby the oversight of national forensic systems was transferred to BlueLight Commerical and the Police Digital Service, the Forensic Capability Network has now streamlined its remit. • It will now focus on two directorates instead of four and the role of
- Burglary and theft cases impacted by high demand and more, leaders warn - Increasing demand and limited resources have impacted on theft and burglary clear-up rates, policing leaders have warned. • The cracks in policing’s ability to tackle crime are showing - and frontline officers aren’t to blame leaders have said. The responses from senior figures
- What is the Medals for Heroes campaign? - Police staff associations have joined forces with prison officers and the Fire Brigades Union to petition for a new award to recognise the service of emergency workers who have died in the line of duty. • The Police Federation, the Police Superintendents’ Association and the Prison Offic
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Lack of experienced detectives impacting on theft and burglary cases, says HMI
Thewayitwas
No surprise at all. A total failure to provide the correctly trained staff and more importantly the amount of staff. I was a SAC supervisor (called it different in our force but the same) and a few years ago results were there albeit even then it wasn’t enough. The serious lack of skills and experience especially in CID was warned to chief officers and as predicted cases were lost and are lost because of the lack of decent supervision and support. It’s not their fault but being promoted before their time is the problem and that’s a management issue we’ve lived with for years.
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Thewayitwas
No surprise at all. A total failure to provide the correctly trained staff and more importantly the amount of staff. I was a SAC supervisor (called it different in our force but the same) and a few years ago results were there albeit even then it wasn’t enough. The serious lack of skills and experience especially in CID was warned to chief officers and as predicted cases were lost and are lost because of the lack of decent supervision and support. It’s not their fault but being promoted before their time is the problem and that’s a management issue we’ve lived with for years.
