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November 15, 2005: Gagging Chief Officers of Probation? A leaked letter from National Probation Service Director Roger Hill to Chief Officers of Probation appears to suggest that they are forbidden to lobby against the proposals to restructure the Service. This compares with the way Chief Police Officers were encouraged to lobby for 90 days detention to deal with terrorism. The letter was dated November 7, when chief police officers were lobbying MPs over anti-terror measures, backed by the home secretary. In the letter, which has been reported by the BBC and the Guardian, Mr Hill writes that he aims to:
Though trades unions are entitled to respond to appropriate issues as they wish, writes Mr Hill, chief officers as leaders have particular responsibilities:
Shadow home secretary David Davis was quoted by the BBC as stating that:
The assistant general secretary of probation union Napo, Harry Fletcher, was reported in the Guardian stating that:
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March 13, 2010: Age Of Criminal Responsibility March 10, 2010: Rehabilitating Offenders On Short Prison Sentences March 3, 2010: New Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme March 3, 2010: New Prisons Chief Inspector February 24, 2010: New Prison Report February 24, 2010: Increasing Diversity In The Judiciary February 3, 2010: Deaths In Custody Website February 2, 2010: Carlile Report On Terrorism Laws February 1, 2010: JCA Commissioners Reappointed January 27, 2010: National Victims' Service January 22, 2010: Probation's Future Debated In Lords January 18, 2010: NAPO Call To Abolish NOMS January 14, 2010: Justice Committee Report Welcomed |
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