SENTENCES for criminals who smuggle drugs into Jersey should be reduced, Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand has said.
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A Week in Politics
THERE’S a great quote from the West Wing that I often think of when I’m sitting in the States. President Jed Bartlett’s grouchy chief of staff, Leo McGarry, turns to an assistant and says: ‘There are two things that people don’t want to see being made – laws and sausages.’
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The secret police files – were they held illegally?
AN investigation has been launched into whether secret police dossiers on States Members were held illegally.
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Solicitor General defends police chief’s suspension
SUSPENDED police chief Graham Power continued his fight for reinstatement in the Royal Court yesterday.
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Advice group for abuse inquiry ‘is not doing its job’
THE independent group set up by the police to advise them in the historical child abuse inquiry is unsatisfactory and may need new members, says the Home Affairs Minister. Last week Senator Ian Le Marquand (pictured) refused to answer questions in the States on whether he was satisfied with the workings of the independent advisory […]
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Investigation into bullying in police
SERIOUS allegations of bullying within the States police force are being investigated, according to Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand. The minister has spoken publicly for the first time about his concerns about the ‘instability’ within the police force. It has been revealed that 37 police officers have left the force over the last year, […]
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Firefighting cuts ‘will put public in danger’
JERSEY’S Fire and Rescue Service is facing a funding crisis which will force firefighters to slash its cover and operate with inadequate equipment, its union has warned.
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The police files: Who did what?
SOME Islanders, including a handful of politicians, are inclined to claim that Jersey is nothing less than a police state, in which the forces of law and order conspire with the establishment to further the ends of the richest, most powerful and most influential members of the community.
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Bonuses? These days, some are lucky just to have a job!
EVEN to a simple country boy like me, it was somewhat ironic to see a Temps Passé picture from the Jersey Evening Post’s archives illustrating an unofficial strike by Granite Products staff back in 1963 just a 0few pages away from trade union and staff reaction to the news of so-called loyalty bonuses being paid to senior managers at Jersey Telecom.
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Police chief wins court decision on suspension review
POLICE chief Graham Power has obtained permission to apply for a judicial review into the Home Affairs Minister’s decision that he should remain suspended.
