steven ! Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Although I'm sure its nice for the Isle of Man to be nominated for any sort of award, to be placed in the International arena (USA of all places) for a Crime Award, no matter how meritorious that may be, can't surely be good publicity. The Isle of Man. Where crime was soooo bad it won an award for combatting that crime. Maybe Douglas Promenade really was one of the crime hotspots OF THE WORLD. And then we was saved. IoM News By Project Centurion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Or it could be saying that the project was so successful that there is now no crime on the Isle of Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Someone's going to get a nice little holiday out of it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 "The project's Constable Tony Paxton will be joined by Douglas Development Partnership manager Chris Pycroft, chairman of the Project Centurion Steering Group, in giving a presentation at the 16th annual Problem Oriented Policing Conference, next month. The conference will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, from October 21 to 23, and the award winner will be announced on the final day." Source: IoM Newspapers. And just so we know what it's all about: "First introduced in 1993, The Herman Goldstein Award recognizes outstanding police officers and police agencies—both in the United States and around the world—that engage in innovative and effective problem-solving efforts and achieve measurable success in reducing specific crime, disorder, and public safety problems. This international competition is named after the founder of problem-oriented policing, University of Wisconsin emeritus Professor Herman Goldstein and administered by the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing has assembled a panel of seven judges, made up of experienced researchers and practitioners, who select the winner and a small number of finalists from among award submissions. Submissions typically come from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, British Columbia, Norway and Australia. The judges consider a number of factors in their selection, including the depth of problem analysis, the development of clear and realistic response goals, the use of relevant measures of effectiveness, and the involvement of citizens and other community resources in problem resolution. Police agencies whose projects successfully resolve any type of recurring community problem that results in crime or disorder are eligible to compete for the award. The number of submissions averages approximately 50 to 70 per year, and of those roughly 5 to 10 per year are selected as finalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I think that's great! We've certainly had our fair share of Problem-Oriented Policing. I'm not sure that it deserves and award but at least it's been noticed. Stav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 'Noticed' would be good. But as far as as I can tell, the police force involved make a 4000-word submission themselves, which is then assessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 http://www.ddp.org.im/staff.htm Think he'll be taking the wife with him on his trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Frost Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I have a little project the IoM Constabulary could adopt. I like to call it - 'More f***ing police please' I've been told that on Fri/Sat nights there are sometimes only one or two officers covering the whole of south and west division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThieBane Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Hmmm. From what I understand - Project Centurion doesn't include 'alcohol related violence' in its stats. This is because Mr Culverhouse gets paid on statistical results. Clearly if you include all the alcohol related crimes on the prom, Chief Constable Culverhouse wouldn't get a very big bonus at all. This is nothing new - in the UK labour tinkered with the policing stats to make them look sweeter - but my point is that this reward is something of a sham. I'm not a policing expert, but imo I would say that the majority of crime along the prom (included in the Centurion remit) is alcohol related. How can you tell that the problem is being reduced when you don't count the major cause of the problem in your stats? I did go to the IOM Gov website to get a copy of the CC's report - it was listed on the website in the home affairs section, but sadly the link was broken.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 http://www.ddp.org.im/staff.htm Think he'll be taking the wife with him on his trip? I don't know about that but I doubt Mrs Culverhouse will be going on many more police freebies. Rumour has it that she has left him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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