Tag: Policing

Today, I'm revisiting "vices" and independence, combining previous posts on pornography and prostitution. There's nothing explicit in this, so it's ...

Does Wales have a drinking problem? If so, what can be done about it? Is the problem fixing itself? Having ...

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Now, onto the meat of drug policy - what an independent Wales could do differently. Let's assume that recreational drugs ...

We'll all have our views on the necessity (or not) of the "War on Drugs" and whether prohibition works (and ...

As you've probably noticed, there won't be one big series of posts on independence this year. Instead, there'll be shorter ...

In the previous piece, I looked at governance at the community level. Today, it goes up a level to counties ...

After a short break, next up in this series on local government is an examination of how Wales' peer countries ...

Having looked at how local government in Wales has got to where it is, next it's worth examining how local ...

Over the rest of summer and the autumn, I'll be doing a series on local government (a revisit to a ...

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The final two pieces in this series look at how criminals can be managed in Wales after independence. While the ...

This final tranche of posts in the "A Welsh Justice System" series looks at the consequences of crime and the ...

The next chunk of posts on a Welsh justice system and independence look at the judiciary, court system, legal profession ...

As we all know by now, the solution to every problem in Wales is to form a committee. The more ...

The final part of this mini-series looks at running the police as well as how to hold the police to ...

It's an understatement to say that sections of society have trust issues with the police at the moment. It's impossible ...

With the look at the current strength and administration of the police (Part Va) and some of the issues facing ...

Next, a look at some of the major challenges police forces in Wales (and the UK more generally) continue to ...

The second theme of State of Wales' look at the justice system and independence moves to the police. As is ...

While the Black Lives Matter movement pushed this topic towards the forefront of public debate in Wales during 2020, the ...

The votes were counted for the four Police & Crime Commissioner elections in Wales this afternoon. Here are the results. ...

(Title Image: Stockton Council) Here's a line-up for the four Welsh Police & Crime Commissioner elections, as well as a ...

(Title Image: © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-2.0) Before looking at the Police & ...