What a dramatic and tragic event on HMS Astute. This should have been a good will visit to the City for the sub and its crew but it ended in the terrible shooting and the brave response of those on board at the time. It seemed strange to me no longer to be responding to such an incident in Southampton but I knew Supt. Steve France-Sargeant and Chief Superintendent Dave Thomas were dealing with it with great professionalism. I don't expect Dave would have anticipated being on TV talking about such a serious incident within his first week but that's the nature of policing a busy City I guess.
If I thought my new job was going to be loads of corporate stuff then I was right but it is also about some really exciting potential developments in how we communicate. At last a new and much better internet site is planned and we have a project to deliver really informative data about local crime linked with the chance to have local officers and PCSOs giving information about those crimes and what is being done about it. If I can be involved in changing the way we are 'seen' and 'heard' by people then I think that would be a good way to improve our service and improve people's confidence in us. I think we need new ways of communicating but also a new language and vocabulary. Less of the "a female was ........." or "at approximately xxhours an incident occured......." and more simple, plain and convincing language. I am going to have a go at Twitter and see if there is any interest in what I have to say about my work, the Constabulary, policing issues etc. We'll see and I will report back!
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