Lord Prescott visits Scunthorpe and heaps praise on policing partnership work
Lord Prescott - a prospective Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner - today visited Scunthorpe and praised the efforts of policing partnership work in North Lincolnshire.
Along with Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin, he paid a visit to the Shelford House Drug Interventions Programme Centre.
Lord Prescott heard about the work the partnership does, working with offenders and drug addicts to rehabilitate them, as well as providing job opportunities to help combat addiction.
Individuals involved in the scheme talked openly and honestly about the scheme and how it had benefited them.
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Lord Prescott heard about the Integrated Offender Management scheme, in which police work with offenders who commit a disproportionate number of crimes in the region.
He said: “I have been very impressed. North Lincolnshire seems to be ahead of the times with this kind of service and if I am elected I would like to see this rolled out across all parts of Humberside Police.
“Drugs in schools is something that I am particularly worried about. Around 10 per cent of children have had some contact with drugs in school and I think it is not something that we, or parents, know enough about.
“I spoke to a lady who said they had been doing this kind of thing at the church for the last 30 years and you have got Cameron (the Prime Minister) saying that this whole Big Society was his new idea.
“It is all about targeting your resources on those offenders who commit the most crimes.”
The election for the region’s first Police and Crime Commissioner in Humberside will take place on November 15.
The other candidates standing for the role are Godfrey Bloom (UKIP), Simone Butterworth (Liberal Democrats), Paul Davidson (Independent), Neil Eyre (Independent), Matthew Grove (Conservative) and Walter Sweeney (Independent).
Comments
by ewbfchamp
Thursday, September 27 2012, 5:15PM
“It's like a Whitehall farce (if you'll pardon the pun).”
by TFiLive
Thursday, September 27 2012, 12:49PM
“Prescott "heaps praise on Police" - thus proving without any doubt that he is unqualified and unfit for the job.... or maybe he just missed the memo on the Humberside Police having one of the poorest performance records in the UK.”
by Sparks2400
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 5:13PM
“Nothing really to say on this topic, all the other posters have said all I wanted to!”
by Sparks2400
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 5:12PM
“Nothing really to say on this topic, all the other posters have said all I wanted to!”
by HeavenlyManna
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 1:04PM
“Many more derogatory and revealing comments exposing Prescotts calibre and credibility in this piece in yesterday's Mail, including:
"He calls for a 'drugs summit' to tackle those who are drug addicts who turn to crime to fuel their habit. Thirteen years too late Prezza."
http://tinyurl.com/cssf98y
If only more would take their blinkers off and see through '2prezzas' timely and slick campaigns!!?”
by ewbfchamp
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 12:02AM
“We DO NOT NEED and SHOULD NOT HAVE an over-rated politician for this job. Let's hope common sense prevails. He has done NOTHING for Humberside. Did he do anything to get the bridge tolls reduced - I think not. He should go back to sea !!! How he became a Lord defies belief !”
by ewbfchamp
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 12:01AM
“We DO NOT NEED and SHOULD NOT HAVE an over-rated politician for this job. Let's hope common sense prevails. He has done NOTHING for Humberside. Did he do anything to get the bridge tolls reduced - I think not. He should go back to sea !!! How he became a Lord defies belief !”
by ewbfchamp
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 12:01AM
“We DO NOT NEED and SHOULD NOT HAVE an over-rated politician for this job. Let's hope common sense prevails. He has done NOTHING for Humberside. Did he do anything to get the bridge tolls reduced - I think not. He should go back to sea !!! How he became a Lord defies belief !”
by HeavenlyManna
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 11:19PM
“Totally agree with these and the 100s of other derogatory comments in all the reports over recent weeks in the ST, GT & HDM covering his JP4PCC campaign.
More than appropriate and reasonable doubts and concerns over the potential appointment of this publicly discredited incompetent/philanderer/buffoon as Humberside's 1st Police & Crime Commissioner.
HOWEVER, given:
i)the number of candidates and independants who will undoubtedly split the vote; to work massively in Prescott's favour;
ii) both his and his son, David Prescott's '2Prezzas' slick PR media campaign that over the years has fended off all the Prescott smears (try Googling Prescott smears its an eye opener!!).
iii) a campaign which has been in overdrive for weeks now and which has already jumped on many a populist bandwagon; including the CPUK jubilee & olympic stewards; Police numbers; plebgate etc etc to promote all things JP4PCC. (And trust me there will be many more to come right up to the Nov 15 deadline for PCC elections)
iv) the number of totally misguided, delusional, dimwit local lefties and team prezza Labourites and Labours big guns turning out to endorse this disreputable idiot and hoodwink the votes out of the naive, apathetic and gullible!!
I am afraid we all need to face up to the inevitable and embarrassing prospect that Humberside will elect John Prescott as its PCC.
For the sake of the image and standing of Humberside AND moreso this proud country, I sincerely hope and pray that I am proved wrong??!!”
by HeavenlyManna
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 11:17PM
“Totally agree with these and the 100s of other derogatory comments in all the reports over recent weeks in the ST, GT & HDM covering his #JP4PCC campaign.
More than appropriate and reasonable doubts and concerns over the potential appointment of this publicly discredited incompetent/philanderer/buffoon as Humberside's 1st Police & Crime Commissioner.
HOWEVER, given:
i)the number of candidates and independants who will undoubtedly split the vote; to work massively in Prescott's favour;
ii) the 2Prezzas slick PR media campaign that over the years has fended off all the Prescott smears (try Googling Prescott smears its an eye opener!!).
iii) a campaign which has been in overdrive for weeks now and which has already jumped on many a populist bandwagon; including the CPUK jubilee & olympic stewards; Police numbers; plebgate etc etc to promote all things #JP4PCC. (And trust me there will be many more to come right up to the Nov 15 deadline for PCC elections)
iv) the number of totally misguided, delusional, dimwit local lefties and team prezza Labourites and Labours big guns turning out to endorse this disreputable idiot and hoodwink the votes out of the naive, apathetic and gullible!!
I am afraid we all need to face up to the inevitable and embarrassing prospect that Humberside will elect John Prescott as its PCC.
For the sake of the image and standing of Humberside AND moreso this proud country, I sincerely hope and pray that I am proved wrong??!!”