Demonstrations

Argus Title: We need peace, not power battles

Supt Graham Bartlett, Sussex Police’s new Head of Crime and Operations in Brighton & Hove, has been in post for approximately two months. He oversees all operational policing in the city.

I’ve known Graham for years. When I first met him I was working for a domestic violence charity and he was a talented young Detective Sergeant, on the cusp of promotion to Inspector. He had been brought into Brighton to develop work to combat hate crime.

Graham headed the new Home Office funded Anti-Victimisation Unit in its early days, before serious injuries from a car accident meant he had to leave and undertake more sedentary work.

He was knowledgeable about abuse issues and deeply committed to improving the police’s response to domestic violence. Prior his posting in Brighton he had worked at Police Headquarters with the then Assistant Chief Constable Maria Wallis.

Just Not Cricket

Argus title: Aggressive policing – it’s just not cricket

Last Saturday, my husband, daughter and I joined the thousands who traveled to Lords Cricket ground to watch Sussex play Lancashire in the C&G final.

I’ll freely admit that I’m not as much a fan of cricket as my husband and daughter, who are both County Club members and experience withdrawal symptoms if they miss a match. However, even I was enthralled.

The first half of the match was heartbreaking. We lost the toss, so Sussex had to bat in poor conditions. The Sussex crowd was subdued, players were nervous, mistakes were made and the final score was of 172 was low.