Stone as a Commissioner and Balhatchet as Chief Constable have amply demonstrated that they are a waste of space and money. All they do is to congratulate themselves. The PEEL assessment shows that the results are a lot worse since 2024. The number of officers and staff going on sick leave say it all. The Leadership is absent. It is no surprise, that the participants in the survey say that they wanted to leave as soon as possible. When you have the leader of Northamptonshire Constabulary Chief Constable Balhatchet who was the first ever in the UK to be fined for "contempt of court" and still stay in post.
I was just reading the latest comments made by the CC Balhatchet to a series of questions put by BBC Journalists Alex Pope and Annabel Amos in which he agreed with the PEEL assessment i.e "His force is not good enough". However, what he did not admit is that he was incapable of putting anything right and unwilling to recognise his inadequacy, and lack in leadership role. It does not matter how many "Plan" he will submit nothing will change in his leadership. We have had many bad Chief constable in the past. However, Balhatchet is even worst than Adderley and that says it all.
Wonder what Stone will actually do WHEN Balhatchet is dragged back before the Court of Appeal. If she finally gets rid of him as she should have done last year, this will create more instability and issues in the short term. Ah well, you reap what you sow, if she had done the right thing a year ago, we would be a year closer to a solution now with perhaps better results showing from this inspection.
Stone as a Commissioner and Balhatchet as Chief Constable have amply demonstrated that they are a waste of space and money. All they do is to congratulate themselves. The PEEL assessment shows that the results are a lot worse since 2024. The number of officers and staff going on sick leave say it all. The Leadership is absent. It is no surprise, that the participants in the survey say that they wanted to leave as soon as possible. When you have the leader of Northamptonshire Constabulary Chief Constable Balhatchet who was the first ever in the UK to be fined for "contempt of court" and still stay in post.
I was just reading the latest comments made by the CC Balhatchet to a series of questions put by BBC Journalists Alex Pope and Annabel Amos in which he agreed with the PEEL assessment i.e "His force is not good enough". However, what he did not admit is that he was incapable of putting anything right and unwilling to recognise his inadequacy, and lack in leadership role. It does not matter how many "Plan" he will submit nothing will change in his leadership. We have had many bad Chief constable in the past. However, Balhatchet is even worst than Adderley and that says it all.
Wonder what Stone will actually do WHEN Balhatchet is dragged back before the Court of Appeal. If she finally gets rid of him as she should have done last year, this will create more instability and issues in the short term. Ah well, you reap what you sow, if she had done the right thing a year ago, we would be a year closer to a solution now with perhaps better results showing from this inspection.