Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
I would guess or should that be hope that these Parish Constables would patrol a set area much the same as the policeman on the beat used to do before they all started driving around in cars.
I see this candidate is an ex-policeman so at least he should know how things work. I am just glad the present incumbent is not standing again.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I have my polling card on the mantlepiece but like last time will probably not be used. The comments from Mr Bolton are the first I have heard from any of the candidates and I don't who the others are. Quite frankly I don't understand what the job entails and how it helps policing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
This Bolton chap certainly has an impressive looking CV.
http://www.henrybolton.org/?content=homeAndy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,820
Just another job title to make someone full of p*** and importance.I begrudge having to pay extra on my council tax bill to keep someone like this in employment and in general having to pay more for a lesser service from kent police.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Here are the runners and riders only two of which I have heard of and one of them lives in a hotel.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/wilson-blocked-from-standing-for-93931/Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Do not think we need anyone in that post better spending the £100.000 on getting two or 3 ex police officers on the beat.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
I have received my postal vote but there is still virtually no information about the candidates from the media. How can anyone put their cross against a name when we know nothing about the candidates and what they stand for.
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
Their is a reasonable write up on each candidate in this weeks KoS Jan, though there is only one independent candidate, so he shall be getting my vote.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I don't like the idea of it being about party politics, having said that I may well vote for the UKIP as he seems to have the best cv. Postal votes close this Tuesday the 26th.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Not sure what you mean Howard.
"We must get your vote by 10pm on Thursday 5th May"
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Misread the polling card Jan.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
Have just been reading up on Henry Bolton, though a glowing CV, he served 21yrs in the military during the yugoslavia conflict, gulf war 1 & 2, northern ireland, yet there is no mention of his command posts at all, did he ever have a command or was he always deskbound? there is no mention of rank attained, cv's are very informative in what one includes but there is a lot said by what is ommitted.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Like Howard I also think this should not be political.
According to Wiki he was an infantry officer and at the moment will be getting my vote.
"Henry Bolton OBE (born 1963) is a former British army cavalry soldier, infantry officer, police officer, politician and diplomat described as one of the world's leading experts on developing and implementing integrated border management strategies."
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
The day after tomorrow we get to choose the new PCC and a handful of St Radigund's residents will decide who the best person from River will represent them on the Town Council - riveting stuff.
Andy B- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,820
How very exiting.I cant wait.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
A couple of things about Mr Bolton, firstly as Reg pointed out his CV doesn't go into the details of his military service, secondly why does he give his address as a hotel in Folkestone?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Probably because he is living there, sorry I could not resist.
more seriously he might be house hunting in this part of Kent having sold his house as someone I knew did although they used a B&B. I do not care about his military service record but I remember reading some details on one of the sites when I looked him up.
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Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
My concern over the lack of his military detail is that as an ex army officer you would emphasise your leadership and command skills, your planning and organisation skills.
It seems he has very little on the ground experience but a lot of policy and planning or desk bound skills, certainly his police force time was back office and not a rank and file officer.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
I am appalled that the governance of Kent Police has become a party political competition. I shall not be voting. All the candidates look flaky to me anyway.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
If I do make the effort it will just be to spoil the ballot paper as I don't really know what the job entails in practice, I suspect I am not alone in that.
In my memory every Home, Health and Education Secretary has tried to leave their mark with a "great new idea" doesn't matter whether they work in practice.