Wednesday, 30 May 2012

NAPO 100

It's extremely remiss of me, but I completely forgot that last Tuesday 22nd May marked NAPO's centenary. Both a Trade Union and Professional Association, interestingly Jonathan Ledger recalls that it was set up at the suggestion of the Home Office. Just imagine such enlightened thinking nowadays! Readers may find the online souvenir edition of the newsletter interesting from a number of angles, not least as to how many women officers there were right from the beginning, but also how fashionably dressed we all were back then. 
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  1. Anonymous31 May 2012 at 07:52

    Jim,

    Forgiveable oversight! attended a MoJ ' Open 'Consultation on PS/Comm Sentences yesterday with the Minister CB.. give him credit he did stay for am sessions.. I reminded him of the Napo Centenary( he politely smiled)...& flagged up poor evidence base for punitive insertions & unedifying spectacle of Probation Staff locked out of prison-pre-tendering .. he did say this was ' silly ' .. Napo was well represented & many views form Mags & others provided a stimulating arena... but the underwhelming contribution of the current Dir of Probation( Noms) .. suggested that the fight for the retention of public PS is still a tall order.....hope you have your submission in draft form!!

    Regards

    Mike

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