Free tickets available for Roscoe Lecture
17 March 2010
Students, staff and members of the public are still able to apply for tickets to see Bernard Hogan-Howe, former Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, deliver one of LJMU’s popular Roscoe lectures on Monday 22 March.
Entitled ‘The Challenges for Policing Modern Britain,’ the lecture, which takes place at 5pm in the Philharmonic Hall, will outline the steps Hogan-Howe took from 1997 to 2009 to reduce crime in Liverpool.
Born in Sheffield, Hogan-Howe joined South Yorkshire Police in 1979, rising rapidly through the ranks. In 1997 he joined Merseyside Police as Assistant Chief Constable and, on appointment to Chief Constable in 2004, he declared his intention to make the force the best in the UK.
His approach led to the force reducing crime by 29% and anti-social behaviour by 25% - the highest drop in recorded crime anywhere in the UK.
Now appointed to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Bernard has an MA in Law from Oxford University, a diploma in Applied Criminology and was awarded an MBA in Business Administration from Sheffield University. He is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal.
Professor the Lord David Alton, Chair of LJMU’s Foundation for Citizenship, which hosts the lecture series, said: “While he was Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Hogan-Howe won considerable appreciation and respect for the way in which he developed policing policy. Ever since Robert Peel, as Home Secretary, promoted the 1829 Metropolitan Police Act and ‘peelers’ or ‘bobbies’ became part of our way of life, there has been endless debate about how to ensure that policing has the consent and support of the public.
“Bernard Hogan-Howe instinctively knew that to combat crime he had to keep a highly motivated and professional police force close to the communities they served. As well as all the familiar day-to-day crimes - from break-ins and burglaries to drugs and violent assault – Hogan-Howe has had to deal with the new crimes connected with terrorism and identity theft and all manner of fraud using new technologies. The police response - starting with fingerprints at the beginning of the 20th century to the use of DNA at the end, has meant that technology as well as punishment has had to evolve to fit the crime. I'm certain that we will be in for another spell-binding Roscoe Lecture.”
Places are free but tickets must be obtained. Please call 0151 231 3668 or email RoscoeLectures@ljmu.ac.uk
