{"id":1898,"date":"2017-09-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2017-09-28T10:17:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T10:17:52","slug":"michael-hails-outstanding-local-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1898","title":{"rendered":"Michael Hails \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Local Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has hailed the \u2018outstanding\u2019 work of the local police force following a recent meeting with the new district commander for Sevenoaks, Chief Inspector Tony Dyer.<\/p>\n<p>Kent Police have previously been awarded \u2018Good\u2019 in Effectiveness and Efficiency and \u2018Outstanding\u2019 in Legitimacy by HMIC inspectors.<\/p>\n<p>In the wide-ranging meeting, CI Dyer reported on general crime trends, mental healthcare, speeding and specific operations relating to Michael\u2019s casework. \u00a0Michael was pleased to learn that the force will introduce new innovative measures for tackling speeding in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1900\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MF-and-CI-Tony-Dyer-outside-Swanley-Police-Station-1-22-Sept-17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"MF and CI Tony Dyer outside Swanley Police Station 1 22 Sept 17\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MF-and-CI-Tony-Dyer-outside-Swanley-Police-Station-1-22-Sept-17-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MF-and-CI-Tony-Dyer-outside-Swanley-Police-Station-1-22-Sept-17-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MF-and-CI-Tony-Dyer-outside-Swanley-Police-Station-1-22-Sept-17.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael\u00a0was also keen to learn more about recruitment following reports that the number of officers and PCSOs in Kent Police has risen earlier in the year.\u00a0 CI Dyer reassured him that recruitment targets will be met.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said: \u2018Following a comprehensive meeting with CI Dyer, I am positive about the direction of the force, which has been recognised for its outstanding work, and its ability to maintain law and order in the constituency.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has hailed the \u2018outstanding\u2019 work of the local police force following a recent meeting with the new district commander for Sevenoaks, Chief Inspector Tony Dyer. Kent Police have previously been awarded \u2018Good\u2019 in Effectiveness and Efficiency and \u2018Outstanding\u2019 in Legitimacy by HMIC inspectors. In the wide-ranging meeting, CI Dyer reported on general crime trends, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Hails \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Local Police&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[633,635,634,497,11,636,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}