Police: Vetting, Misconduct and Misogyny
Debate between Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood(2 years ago)
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Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood (CB)
Does the Minister feel that the time has come for a royal commission? Every day in this House we have a new fundamental problem—police and crime commissioners, police reporting, police culture or the question of whether there are too many differing police forces. Is it not time for a fundamental look at the relationship between government, the police and any other related body, to try to re-establish the reputation, which we have long gloried in, of our police forces in this country?
Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
What I would say—and this is a personal opinion—is that it is very clear that the nature of policing is changing dramatically and has done over the past 20 years. We have just heard about the technological changes that have taken us all by storm over the last decade, and about the vast number of reviews, reports and so on. It seems to me that there is a case to be made to bring many of these strands together and do some new thinking.