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More on citizen cops RT @alantravis40: Police minister nick herbert tells mps room for civilians to do some detective work alongside policeabout 8 hours agovia TweetDeck
Here's a video of Polly Toynbee interviewing Ed Balls, where Balls says he always wanted to be part of Blair's team http://gu.com/p/2tjd8/twabout 9 hours agovia web
Also an 'awesome' and a 'looking forward to that' in response to G Brown's book. Sure both meant seriously9:38 AM Jul 26thvia TweetDeck
Looking at our @ replies, it's fair to say the @GdnPolitics followers aren't keen on the idea of community crime fighting reservists...9:35 AM Jul 26thvia TweetDeck
RT @alantravis40: Theresa May yet to agree details of checks and balances for election and oversight of new police commissioners8:09 AM Jul 26thvia TweetDeck
Theresa May statement on police reform talked of unleashing 'the power of community pride, so people can come together to fight crime'8:05 AM Jul 26thvia TweetDeck
RT @alantravis40: Big Society answer to police cuts: public to go on patrol with the police as a community crime fighting army of reservists8:04 AM Jul 26thvia TweetDeck