tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post7729911617107575390..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Inspectorate To Change Direction Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-10915623021462273592017-07-05T20:50:43.974+01:002017-07-05T20:50:43.974+01:00Stop blaming its the Tories not Ian despite his ef...Stop blaming its the Tories not Ian despite his efforts and ours its the bloody government liars. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-91697441537600916612017-07-05T18:22:08.237+01:002017-07-05T18:22:08.237+01:00I read it and was dismayed at lawrences lack of kn...I read it and was dismayed at lawrences lack of knowledge noit just the jobs we do but he is not able to get any sensible message across. It could be he said lots and this is all they quoted from him. However had he just said this is a government grayling led deliberate destruction of award winning service. This government have put people at risk by selling off the professional and able staff to unemployment. The governmanent under the last 4 years have taken criminal justice reforms and thrown them in the bin. Instead he thinks he is being clever and lets us all down. How do we get rid of the pathetic leadership in NAPO. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-260848478903920082017-07-05T13:59:31.421+01:002017-07-05T13:59:31.421+01:00Thanks for blaming it on us Ian!! It's not abo...Thanks for blaming it on us Ian!! It's not about "mistakes", the problem is that the government has cut probation to the bone so there are not enough staff/resources to supervise offenders. And private companies running probation are instructing staff not to see offenders frequently.<br /><br />"Ian Lawrence of Napo, the probation officers' union, said thousands of staff had been laid off since the shake-up, meaning staff were increasingly supervising offenders remotely.<br /><br />He said: 'The situation is going to get worse and it is going to put even more people at risk. If offenders are not being seen, or not as frequently, and the level of supervision is not what it should be, then mistakes will occur.<br />'There are people on the streets who are not being properly supervised, which means they are a real and present danger to the public.'"<br />Probation Officernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-70370204375977340602017-07-05T13:41:03.141+01:002017-07-05T13:41:03.141+01:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4665916/Cr...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4665916/Criminals-jail-probation-murder-76-people.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com