Thursday, August 1, 2013

Foreign Chief Constables – Cameron Regime Attempts To Slip Through Legislation

Reblogged from The Tap:


By King Alfred -


As part of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill the Cameron regime have added provision for foreign chief constables. See Section 10 below.

Once again Cameron and his motley crew are enacting measures with no public support that are counter to the interests of our nation. For instance can the loyalty to the UK of a foreign national be guaranteed for despite being employed by the UK  the said foreigner may be loyal or beholden to his or her home nation.

Following the very high media profile riots which were likely as not a staged propaganda event Cameron tried to shoehorn in measures  allowing foreign chief constables and specifically his favorite Bill Bratton  Chairman of Kroll, part of Altegrity Security Consulting. Once again the judgment of Cameron gives cause for concern.
Mr Bratton had been named as a possible replacement for Sir Paul Stephenson, who resigned as Metropolitan Police Commissioner over accepting free hospitality at a health spa during the phone-hacking scandal. 
But Mr Bratton’s appointment to the Met was blocked by Home Secretary Theresa May, who said the post should be held by a Briton. 

Mr Cameron has asked Mr Bratton to come to Britain to help to tackle the gang culture which has been blamed for the rioting. 
The two men are still thrashing out the terms of the appointment. 
Mr Kravis is worth £2.4 billion and his company, KKR, includes Boots and BMG, the owner of the rights to music by Kylie Minogue and The Beach Boys. 
New York author Len Levitt said: ‘Bill Bratton is a visionary policeman but technically he shouldn’t have taken travel from Kravis. Bill isn’t corrupt but he likes having fun and hanging out at restaurants and having actors and journalists come over to his table. His ego is large.’ 
Mr Bratton’s spokesman Michael John said his lifestyle and the ethics inquiry were irrelevant to a role as Mr Cameron’s unpaid adviser. 
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028388/Bill-Bratton-Camerons-US-Supercop-advisor-quit-inquiry-free-holidays-billionaire-tycoon.html
Emphasis in bold mine. Notice how the newly formed College of Policing overseen by the Secretary Of State are responsible for producing the list of “approved foreign forces”. The list does not seem to be published on their website hence Sovereignindependentuk has requested it from them. What is notable about their website is the prominence of “leadership” training.
The College’s curriculum is structured on the three leadership domains, as outlined in Leading policing: a strategy for the 21st century, ensuring there is an appropriate blend of business, professional and executive policing skills across all programmes at all levels.
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Appointment of chief officers of police

(1) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act
2011 (appointment of chief constables) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “is, or has been, a constable in any part of the
United Kingdom” there is substituted “is eligible for appointment”.
(3) After sub-paragraph (1) there is inserted—
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“(1A) A person is eligible for appointment if the person is or has been—
(a) a constable in any part of the United Kingdom, or

(b) a police officer in an approved overseas police force, of at
least the approved rank.

(1B) An “approved overseas police force” is a police force which— 15

      (a) is in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom 
      designated by the College of Policing, and 
      (b) is designated in relation to that country or territory by the 
      College of Policing. 

(1C) The “approved rank” for an approved overseas police force is the 20

    rank which is designated as the approved rank for that police force 
    by the College of Policing. 

(1D) The College of Policing must make designations under sub-

paragraphs (1B) and (1C), but must not do so without the approval
of the Secretary of State.”

(4) Section 42 of that Act (appointment of Commissioner of Police of the
Metropolis) is amended as follows.
(5) In subsection (3), for “is, or has been, a constable in any part of the United
Kingdom” there is substituted “is eligible for appointment”.
(6) After subsection (3) there is inserted—
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“(3A) A person is eligible for appointment if the person is or has been— (3B) An “approved overseas police force” is a police force which— 35
(a) a constable in any part of the United Kingdom, or (a) is in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom
(b) a police officer in an approved overseas police force, of at least designated by the College of Policing, and
the approved rank. (b) is designated in relation to that country or territory by the  College of Policing.
(3C) The “approved rank” for an approved overseas police force is the rank 40 which is designated as the approved rank for that police force by the College of Policing.
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(1)
The College of Policing must make designations under subsections (3B) and (3C), but must not do so without the approval of the Secretary of State.”


Appendix


Leadership and standards in the police

Third Report of Session 2013–14
40. In England and Wales, there is no single document that sets out the ethics of policing.
The principles are spread across a confusing number of sources: Peel’s Nine Principles, the
Code of Professional Standards, the Police Code of Conduct, ACPO’s Statement of Leadership and standards in the police Common Purpose and Values, the Policing Pledge, the Quality of Service Commitment
and individual forces’ statements of values.33