Word: paddick
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...absolutely brilliant at the big set pieces" like the London bombings of July 7, 2005, says Brian Paddick, a former senior police officer who ran for London mayor earlier this year and is known for his sharp criticism of his former employers. But the police are less successful at securing public trust - the basis of policing by consent. Londoners feel that nobody has been held properly to account, says Paddick: "If you can't trust the police in times of crisis, then who can you turn...
...some of our responses when we work within these portfolios," says Dann. "Terrorists are actually engaged in serious criminality as well. So there is that crossover that takes place and there's often debate around which unit is responsible." It's also hard to set priorities. Former cop Paddick observes: "The police need to remain focused on what they're supposed to be there for, which is about making London safer...
...votes outright, then all but the top two candidates are eliminated and any second-preference votes for the leaders are added to their tallies. The Green Party is encouraging its supporters to give their second vote to Livingstone; some fans of the Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick, once the highest-ranking openly gay officer in London's Metropolitan police, may opt to allocate their second vote to Johnson. A clever Conservative ploy to mobilize voters in London's outer, more suburban boroughs, who have tended not to vote in mayoral elections, could also pay dividends to Johnson...
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