My weekly blog - 2 September
‘I had a great Bank Holiday weekend. I headed up to Norfolk with my family to do a spot of sailing! But it rained the whole time. It was dire and I was absolutely frozen. Even the gas cooker wouldn’t work. I think I’ll give sailing a miss for a while…
‘This week I’ve been in London preparing the Association of Police Authorities (APA) response to introducing a directly elected Police and Crime Commissioner. The APA oversees Authorities nationally and I’m the Deputy Chair.
‘Yesterday (1 September) the Chief Constable announced to the media the saving challenges ahead. I’m devastated by the potential amounts of money we will have to find – worst case is £61million.
‘I’m quite excited about tomorrow night (Friday 3 September). Each year the Authority hosts the Safer Kent Awards! Tomorrow we will have winners and runners up from around the county - all being recognised for their outstanding community work. We couldn’t host the event without our sponsors – so a big thank you to the co-operative, Kier, Kent People’s Trust, Veolia Environmental Services and mhs homes.’
You can contact me by emailing penny.rowland@kent.pnn.police.uk
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