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| Time for Police Change |
I am now through to the final 6 and go forward to the
short-list meeting to be decided by Sussex Conservative MP’s and representatives
of the 16 Conservative associations in Sussex on the 23rd of June.
Nick Herbert the Police Minister conceived and pushed through
the legislation for the new Police and Crime Commissioners in the Police Reform
act in November 2011. He saw that what was needed was a new way of thinking and
managing our Police forces and he saw that you would need a unique individual
who was a hybrid, a successful Business person and a Politician rolled into
one.
I believe I am that person, in my business career I have
built up and sold several companies in Aviation, Information technology, Travel
Data marketing and Property. In politics
I have been a Councillor for 9 years and for 6 of those years I have been a
Cabinet Member. As Cabinet member I have
successfully shrank the councils administrative buildings from 8 to 5, I have
increased Customer contact over the web from just 15% to 60%, I have championed
Green energy through the installation of PV Panels which is giving the council 50kw’s
of green energy and a cash return of 19% per annum. Also I have been a strong
advocate of lean systems thinking, leaning the Councils systems to make them
more efficient and effective.
As many Police officers remind me, Sussex Police is not a
business, but a service, but it has many areas that would certainly benefit from
a businesslike approach. The PCC
position is not an operational role, but any elected Commissioner will have to
set the Priorities of the Force and the budget.
Whilst these are not operational, the effects of them will impact operationally
on the Police.
I passionately believe that Sussex Police should introduce
lean systems thinking, this reform empowers staff at the grassroots giving them
the ability to help reform their role and give back the discretion that has
been removed over the last 30 years. It
is basically commonsense, but it gives a focus and impetus to front line staff
to take control and manage their patch to the betterment of the force as a
whole. This is not an airy fairy
concept either; Cheshire Police has successfully introduced Lean system
thinking which is already improving performance and allowing resource to be
concentrated on the front line. But to
introduce this type of reform you will have to have the agreement and “buy in”
of the Chief Constable.
That is why the successful PCC will have to build a strong
relationship with the Chief Constable to manage and navigate his or her
priorities through; the relationship will have to be built on mutual respect
with any disagreements being hammered out in private.
I believe I have the proven ability, I believe I am at the
right age to take on this position, old enough to know what’s right and young enough
to have the energy to give this role the 60 hour weeks that it needs.
My Priorities are
Anti Social Behaviour
Anti Social Behaviour linked to the night time economy
To build up Community Policing
To introduce Systems thinking to increase front line
policing resource.
If you are coming to the selection meeting on the 23rd
of June or the Hustings on the 14th of July, then I hope you will have
confidence to give me your vote.
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