Matthew Grove: We'll work smarter to protect frontline police officers

“What a frightful no-nothing, overpaid, over-promoted poseur Humberside's adored(?) and adorable(?) PCC is! Oh dear, oh dear, why did we elect Matty, and why was his chum Robbo 'put-in' with nary a vote nor a competitive application system?”

“@toby1956
I'm well aware that accidents need to be investigated, but this was a simple, single vehicle crash with no serious injuries, and at a time of day when there are unlikely to be any witnesses other than the occupants.
It should not be taking 5 HOURS to take a few photos and make a few measurements.

At the time I witnessed the scene (around 9:40), the crashed vehicle had been moved, no investigation work was being carried out on the carriageway, and the only remaining obstructions were the two police vans blocking the inside lane.”

“Youth Services are also going - that decision is directly as a result of the PCC, who presumably does not see the point of engaging young people - possibly a chance to change our next generation of potential criminals? In Hull they go, in NE Lincs they go with a bit of private provision 'bought in'. The Youth Service is dead. Redundancies start 31 March.

The more policies I read, the less I believe the PCC or deputy understand anything at all about crime priorities or policing. Clueless, the pair of them.”

“Toby1956
You're right about many staff been in the force for an easy time & wage, the policies within the HR system are worthless, managers don't deal with problems such as competency or attendance at all.
There is though some very hard working officers and staff within the force who work damn hard, I just wish the people who can deal with the issues would listen and take action.
Unfortunately these hard working people are the ones who are going to end up leaving either voluntary or forced.
Civilianisation of roles are a good idea but only in certain areas, there are some very specialist civilian roles which require years of training and ongoing training and what's the point if having a sworn officer sat in an office doing these jobs not arresting people.”

“Fox ache- maybe just maybe they were doing a crash investigation which takes time, especially in there is a death or serious injury.

I would like Mr Grove to weed out all those officers and support staff who are the sick lame and lazy and play the system to get maximum wage with maximum time off on sick, then ask for backroom jobs due to 'sick'. Whilst some are genuine there are more that are not, get rid and recruit hardworkers, that includes Sergeants and Inspectors. Also please put those officers who have been hiding in those backroom jobs for years back on shift to tackle crime, I mean those hiding not those who do a good job.
The force has civilianised many things under the current Chief Constable but he has seen the light and is about to leave. I do not think those mentioned above will be dealt with in a hurry as too many in HR have no balls and no one big enough to say you have had enough chances get out.
I saw too many officers who should not be carrying the uniform, chocolate fireguards!!! comes to mind.
My wish would be that Mr Grove shows the people of the region and the Police Officers and support staff he means business or is that just pie in the sky thinking.”

“Infinitum
Nothing will change unless you're unfortunate enough to be a victim of crime, Humberside Police are losing not just staff but whole departments thanks to Mr Grove.
In a few weeks there won't be one person who will be able to check a fingerprint within Humberside and the nearest place will be in Wakefield!
A lot of services are been shared across the Yorkshire & The Humber Region which is fine in the right areas but Mr Grove is been held to ransom by the powers that be, Humberside may have their faults as a force but compared to the other Yorkshire forces they get the best results with the least staff and at the best value for money.
A department going through the collaboration process now has actually ended up with additional managers and supervisors as they've had to take up West Yorkshire Police's structure!
The people of the Humberside Police area are going to end up paying for staff and buildings which they'll never see!
And once all this has been signed off in a few weeks it'll be far too late to turn back!”

“Having read the draft it doesn't particularly inspire me that anything will change.

There are no specifics just a wooly wish list of might be's

Very dissapointing.”

“Everything he says starts with "I" instead of "WE" not very PR savvy is it?”

“I keep asking the question, but get no answers. Are Grove and Robinson still working as ERYC Councillors and still drawing that salary?”

“At a time when people are finding the recession a tough challenge, the last thing I wanted to do was turn to you, the taxpayer for more money.

The hypocrisy and slime almost makes me want to vomit, you've already turned to the taxpayer Grove(l) for another fat bloated salary! And for what excactly?”