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Honesty & integrity have a cost. Lib Dem Home Affairs lead in House of Lords. Ran for Mayor of London 2008 & 2012. Met Police 1976 - 2007. m. Mr Petter Belsvik

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    1. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales 20 Jul 2017
      Replying to @gmhales @Ldn_Ambulance

      #guncrime spike in 2016 clearly visible in both MPS data and @Ldn_Ambulance gun injuries data; injuries still low in context of time seriespic.twitter.com/saEblOG8dU

      1 reply 6 retweets 1 like
    2. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales 20 Jul 2017
      Replying to @gmhales @Ldn_Ambulance

      Meanwhile #stopsearch still creeping downwards in the MPS, arrest rate creeping up in parallel, 5-month moving avg just below 20%pic.twitter.com/minem7izrI

      1 reply 4 retweets 0 likes
    3. Alan Wright‏ @Alanw47 Mar 6
      Replying to @gmhales @Ldn_Ambulance

      Here again I must take issue. The arrest rate has only risen as a %. The total *number* of persons arrested is much *reduced*. #SmokeAndMirrors

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
      Replying to @Alanw47

      No smoke and mirrors Alan - I was interested in the way that target (expectation, whatever) was attained and then stuck to, with very little variance. I was quite clear that I was talking about the rate (as a %) not volume of arrests.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Alan Wright‏ @Alanw47 Mar 6
      Replying to @gmhales

      The end result has not served the public well and that is where it has failed. The General Public simply deserve better. Nothing whatsoever wrong with a *lawful* Stop Search & should not be discouraged IMHO

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Chris Hobbs‏ @obbsie Mar 6
      Replying to @Alanw47 @gmhales

      As far as I could tell from Met stats, total arrests (tho not broken down) fell by about 1,000 a month as stop & search reduced although % of 'successful' S&S increased.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
      Replying to @obbsie @Alanw47

      Gavin Hales Retweeted Gavin Hales

      https://twitter.com/gmhales/status/824009374658138112 … #stopsearch #arrests

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      Gavin Hales @gmhales
      Interesting to see total arrests from #stopsearch in the MPS actually *increased* initially as the use of #stopsearch began to fall pic.twitter.com/VGGDZpwmDQ
      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Chris Hobbs‏ @obbsie Mar 6
      Replying to @gmhales @Alanw47

      There could have been all sorts of reasons for that incl pre-planned ops. Overall, over time the number of arrests have fallen. To be quite honest Gavin, playing smoke & mirrors with graphs trying to prove S&S isn't effective is tiresome.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
      Replying to @obbsie @Alanw47

      There were 5k more arrests in 2013 than 2011 (47k vs 42k) but 186k fewer #stopsearch (310k vs 496k). I'm not trying to prove anything "isn't effective" just putting data out there & seeking to understand what's gone on. What's tiresome is constantly having my motives impugned.

      5 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    10. Chris Hobbs‏ @obbsie Mar 6
      Replying to @gmhales @Alanw47

      Gavin, perhaps a little more empathy, sympathy and appreciation of the current difficulties faced by those on the front line, other than the odd retweet, would ensure a more positive response to your efforts.

      4 replies 4 retweets 13 likes
      Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 6
      Replying to @obbsie @gmhales @Alanw47

      Gavin is an objective commentator on statistics, that’s his job. He’s not a cheerleader for the police, unfortunately. Sometimes the stats don’t fit with officers’ experience on the ground or what they’d like to believe but they have to be explained. All theories welcome.

      7:27 AM - 6 Mar 2018
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      3 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
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        2. Chris Hobbs‏ @obbsie Mar 6
          Replying to @brianpaddick @gmhales @Alanw47

          His job!! Really, who employs him?? . So he doesn't have an opinion? Not able to express views on policing. Stick to academic papers & circles then and not SM.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
          Replying to @obbsie @brianpaddick @Alanw47

          What's interesting is that stop and search is just about the only subject I discuss on Twitter that gets this kind of response, and then almost exclusively from retired cops - pretty relentlessly since I joined Twitter.

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
          Replying to @gmhales @obbsie and

          I've written abt eg pay, mental health, the impact of declining funding & resources, the case for spit hoods, why arrests have fallen, misconduct, promotion, etc and always try to reflect police perspectives. These are almost invariably well received.

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. Chris Hobbs‏ @obbsie Mar 6
          Replying to @gmhales @brianpaddick @Alanw47

          And I have read some of them but it's your engagement on SM that doesn't reflect much empathy etc just a constant questioning of S&S. Desirable, perhaps but a sense of balance & appreciation.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        6. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
          Replying to @obbsie @brianpaddick @Alanw47

          And yet, off the back of the same data, I've had some really interesting discussions today with serving cops about why SS has fallen in their forces, which have been focused on the realities officers are facing, notably around the huge squeeze on resources v demand.

          4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
          Replying to @gmhales @obbsie and

          And, to add, also the implications of changes to tech (eg increased bureaucracy, complexity), the impact of supervision (including in respect of ethics), performance frameworks and so on.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Alan Wright‏ @Alanw47 Mar 6
          Replying to @gmhales @obbsie @brianpaddick

          Maybe if the cuts had been less severe the impact of those complexities might not be so fraught

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
          Replying to @Alanw47 @obbsie @brianpaddick

          Undoubtedly

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        10. End of conversation
        1. New conversation
        2. Alan Wright‏ @Alanw47 Mar 6
          Replying to @brianpaddick @obbsie @gmhales

          I totally accept that but some academics won't accept any view but their own

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Gavin Hales‏ @gmhales Mar 6
          Replying to @Alanw47

          Evidence to support that? If this is about the existence or otherwise of a SS arrest target, it's not my 'view' but what documentation and serving officers have told me went on. I appreciate you don't accept that.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Alan Wright‏ @Alanw47 Mar 6
          Replying to @gmhales

          I do not accept that @metpoliceuk would promote an unlawful/unethical practice, no

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. End of conversation
        1. Peter Kirkham‏ @Peter_Kirkham Mar 6
          Replying to @brianpaddick @obbsie and

          Problem is he's NOT objective... For two or three years now he's twisted & turned to deny violent crime is rising or there's any correlation with cuts to S&S or police numbers. He's anti S&S definitely. And I'd say he's anti-street policing too... 😡😡😡

          0 replies 2 retweets 1 like
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