The future of policing – and what that means for sectors of the private security industry such as door staff – is under the spotlight at the University of Kent.
Speakers at the one-day conference on the Future of Policing at Rutherford College, University of Kent include: Metropolitan Police Commander Richard Bryan on extending the ?policing family? in London; Thames Valley Chief Constable Peter Neyroud; Dick Hobbs of Durham University on the night-time economy; and Barrie Irving, director of the Police Foundation, on a workable model of performance management for routine BCU operations. The day will be chaired by Prof Chris Hale and Dr Marian FitzGerald, an author of the recent study Policing for London. Has Home Secretary David Blunkett?s programme of police reform gone too far – or not far enough? the organisers ask. Was there enough debate about the Police Reform Bill, which became law in July. Dr FitzGerald said: ?It is now 40 years since a Royal Commission considered the role and purpose of the police service. Since then, massive political, social and economic change – combined with developments in technology – have significantly altered the nature of policing. Meanwhile, the service itself has been profoundly affected by administrative and legislative changes, which have been imposed piecemeal, with minimum debate and little reference to the wider environment. Radical reform of the police service is long overdue; but this means asking what we need the police for at the start of the 21st century and what it will take for them to fulfil that role. Otherwise reform may not only be an opportunity missed, it could actually be counter-productive.? For details ring Judy Lee, Business Development Manager, on 01227 823275 or e-mail: [email protected]
