Police and Home Office figures conflict
Published Date:
15 August 2008
I have just received the East Sussex Local Policing newspaper, which I read with scepticism as usual.
I will cite just the simplest of statistics to suggest why your readers should resent paying annually for this exercise in public relations by Sussex Police and its Authority.
On page six is what purports to be the 'National assessment of Sussex's performance.' A similar table appears on a Home Office website, with a few noteworthy differences. The police newspaper has five 'good' assessments, and only two 'fair'
assessments, suggesting a preponderance of good.
The Home Office table has five 'good'
assessments for Sussex, and six 'fair', suggesting a preponderance of
not-so-good. The fair 'performance areas' not included by the
newspaper concern categories of vulnerable people: child abuse investigations, domestic violence, missing persons, and public
protection.
Geoffrey Madden, Blatchington Mill Drive, Stone Cross
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Last Updated:
15 August 2008 1:19 PM
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Location:
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