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New Members for The Northamptonshire Police Authority -
Two new members of the Northamptonshire Police Authority
were introduced at a full meeting held at Brooke House in Northampton.
Liberal Democrat councillor David Garlick has joined the Police Authority
as a replacement for Councillor Richard Church, who resigned from the
Authority to concentrate on his commitments with the West Northamptonshire
Development Corporation (WNDC).
And the Authority also has a new independent member – Gill Newton,
who recently retired as Chief Executive of a Government agency, the Fire
Service College, and who will join the Authority on 1st October.
Ms Newton will replace Mike Sawford, who has served the Authority for
the last six years, and two other independent members – Deirdre Newham,
the Authority chair, and Simon Schanschieff, the county’s new Deputy
Lieutenant, have been re-elected to the Authority.
Mrs
Newham said: 'I would like to take this opportunity to formally welcome
David and Gill to the Police Authority and I hope they find the work both
interesting and challenging.
'David is a borough and county councillor for the Headlands ward in Northampton
who is keen to contribute to improving the Force’s performance and
build on the success of neighbourhood policing.
'Gill comes from a public service background and is committed to the improvement
of public services and to the development of staff, to better meet the
needs of the public.'
Councillor Garlick will serve on two Police Authority committees –
Performance Monitoring and Equalities and Engagement.
He has lived in Northampton all his life. Married with two sons, he and
his wife now live in Weston Favell.
His personal interests include spending time with his family, walking,
bird watching and football, particularly Northampton Town Football Club.
As a borough and county councillor, his main areas of interest include
working with the community on their priorities and the services provided
to vulnerable adults and older people.
He is an advocate of restorative justice and supports new ways to involve
local people in the process of showing the offenders the effects of their
actions on victims, and diverting offenders from crime and re-offending.
Gill has worked in the public sector for 36 years, first training as a
nurse at St Thomas’ Hospital in London and then becoming a ward sister
at the Royal London Hospital.
She has held three national posts – Head of Education and Workforce
Planning in the Department of Health; Head of Training and Development
for HM Prison Service and Chief Executive of the Fire Service College,
where she played a key role in developing multi-agency training between
police, paramedics and firefighters to support improvement in public safety
and national resilience.
In addition to her work with the Police Authority, Gill will be coaching
senior public service managers, helping them to continue to develop their
leadership skills.
As well as workforce development, she also has a strong interest in building
partnerships between different agencies to meet the needs of local communities.
Gill was born in Northampton and grew up in the town. She returned to
live in the county eight years ago.
