Scottish International Policing Conference: Policing – Localism in a Globalising World, 10th November 2016 in Edinburgh
The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) is celebrating ten years since its launch in October 2006. SIPR is a strategic collaboration between 13 of Scotland's universities and the Police Service of Scotland, offering a range of opportunities for conducting...
SIPR Executive Session – Friday 21st October 2016
Paddy Tomkins chaired the most recent Executive Session of the Scottish Institute of Policing Research (SIPR) held at the University of Edinburgh. The Challenges of Localism with National Policing Arrangements: The Netherlands and Scotland in Comparative Perspective,...
Mexican Trip – Daily Blog Diary
Some of our colleagues were in Mexico and this is blog details their experiences: Saturday 1st October Tim and I arrived in Mexico City at around 0230 hours UK time following a 13 hour flight from Heathrow. It was already dark so we didn’t get much chance to see...
Feedback is a gift – so try and be grateful.
I had the useful experience last month of being both on the receiving and donating end of feedback. Let's deal with the 'giving' end first. I was sitting in my local Volkswagen dealership having just purchased one of their cars. Ok, ok yes I know that corporately...
Do we need a new strategy on strategy?
We live in interesting times. Whilst not entirely a subscriber to chaos theory, a week of wet and windy weather in the far northwest of the UK finds me in a less than charitable mood towards the butterfly in the jungle of south america that may apparently have been...
Droman director Paddy Tomkins appointed to the board of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre
We are delighted to announce that Droman director Paddy Tomkins has been appointed to the board of the influential Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC): http://www.sbrcentre.co.uk Founded in 1996, the Centre has established itself as a hub of innovation and...
Closing Ceremony of the EU Twinning Project – Modern Concept of Human Resources Management of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia
The EU Twinning Project Modern Concept of Human Resources Management in the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia, led by Droman director David McCracken, was successfully closed on the 10th of May 2016. The closing ceremony was held in Palata Srbije in...
Mission at the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia
Droman director Paddy Tomkins and former Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Stephen House visited the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia in support of the EU Twinning project Modern Concept of Human Resources Management in the Serbian Ministry of the...
Innovation and experience – mutually exclusive?
You may be pleased if not surprised to know, that Droman Ltd's relentless search for improved practices, extends to in-situ international research. On this occasion it coincided with the Easter holiday in Greece, but this was serendipitous rather than planned you may...
Policing with Communities Course
Droman Director Paddy Tomkins works with SEI, Police Scotland and DfID to deliver EUPST Training at St Leonard’s Hall, University Of Edinburgh, Scotland. 17-22 January 2016 SEI in collaboration with Police Scotland, the Stabilisation Unit and the Scottish Institute...
Practices and processes
Presumably there is an optimal point, both individually and collectively, where we benefit to the greatest extent both from the experience we have had and our ability to impart it to others whilst it is still relevant, we are motivated to do so and frankly, before we...
Corruption
We were approached recently to provide advice on how to deal with the reported issue of corruption in policing within parts of the Western Balkans. And it would seem from the below, that greater minds than ours are also seeking to address this issue world-wide....