Tor Garnett

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[Police Now @Police_Now]

This year, of those who were successful in their application to the programme: 53% were the first in their family to go to university, 14% received free school meals (compared to 13.6% of the population as a whole)..... 4/8

[Police Now @Police_Now]

I’m proud of them and am grateful for the work that they and their colleagues are doing in what are often challenging circumstances. 8/8

[Police Now @Police_Now]

They are working hard alongside their many dedicated colleagues to make a difference by arresting suspects, protecting the vulnerable, and doing their best to solve the problems that blight their local communities.7/8

[Joseph Ernst @joseph_ernst]

Great to see some of our #take90 print work in @LuerzersArchive Congrats @GreyLondon @ladypay @eldarchen @rachsholden @torgarnett @tokenblack03 @G_Horrocks @MattJDKennedy @NJHolley #jesselittle #terryoneill #joearnold #stuartleung

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@police_now @Take90Seconds Great article!

[Elizabeth Day @elizabday]

I calmly wrote about anger in today's @Telegraph, pegged to the @metpoliceuk's excellent Take: 90 initiative. (Full column in the paper also includes profound meditations on Snoop Dogg and Scooby Doo).

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@Peter_Kirkham That's right, they didn't - the ads were run pro-bono in Times, Mirror, Mail, Star, Express, Metro, ES, Telegraph, Guardian.

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

Absolutely agree with all 3! Hence #take90 done entirely pro bono, with 90 partners who care about this too, who have their hands on both insights and data collection methods we could only dream of! Key to a viable trial currently is getting sufficient saturation of the message

[Rob Flanagan @Rob_Flan]

@PCBenForbes @torgarnett @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now @CollegeofPolice @levinwheller @EmWilliamsCCCU 2. We have to find ways to support new initiatives at reasonable cost showing value for money. However we must also be willing to ditch something that doesn’t work or is proven to be failing quicker.

[Aaron Roach Bridgeman @ARoachBridgeman]

This week my poem is dedicated to #Anger, an issue I struggled with for years..

This is called #Take90 & it supports the @Take90Seconds campaign!

https://t.co/LynoS5T16Q

#spokenword #poetry

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now @CollegeofPolice What do you reckon about how we get the balance right between 'innovation' and 'evidence base'?

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now I totally agree - that is the challenge & why we need a good balance between 'evidence based' and 'innovation' - if it's new there can't be an evidence base! The only option is to base new things on as much science as possible & then try to grow the evidence base by measuring it

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now I totally agree - that is the challenge & why we need a good balance between 'evidence based' and 'innovation' - if it's new there can't be an evidence base! The only option is to base new things on as much science as possible & then try to grow the evidence base by measuring it

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@DWat999 @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now This is key - & hard! 1st we'll measure saturation (ie what proportion know the #take90 fact - we took a baseline in March), then if it's being used & with what impact. Hard to link to crime trends due to no. of variables & generational timescales. Met blog to follow on this

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@DarrenHendleman @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now To be clear - it's not going to change things overnight - but if more parents & peers manage to #take90 then more kids learn how to manage their anger well & it stops aggression&violence becoming increasingly normalised. Not easy given the volume online but we have to keep trying

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@DarrenHendleman @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now Appreciate you keeping an open mind - you're absolutely right lots of stuff we deal with has complex causes & this won't work (intoxication/MH/DV/premeditated weapon carrying) - it might help reduce some of the ASB/S5/disputes we deal with though

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@DarrenHendleman @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now Ha! Yes - but worth a go as the science is sound & so many people (inc many officers) frustrated at having to deal with people's unnecessary & preventable aggression that they won't take responsibility for when there are so many other serious issues we are trying to police

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now Lots of evidence from wider world though of #'s and phrases changing behaviour if they are widely adopted and well understood

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now Totally fair question, the 90 seconds is evidence based, getting the #take90 fact widely known in order to try to reduce everyday aggression in society hasn't been tried before so no evidence either way yet.

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@frontlinegrunt @DarrenHendleman @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now Check out Dr Jill Bolte-Taylor's research - I shared a link to an article explaining some of it earlier

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@DWat999 @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now This is key - & hard! 1st we'll measure saturation (ie what proportion know the #take90 fact - we took a baseline in March), then if it's being used & with what impact. Hard to link to crime trends due to no. of variables & generational timescales. Met blog to follow on this

[Tor Garnett @torgarnett]

@DarrenHendleman @grahamwettone @Peter_Kirkham @Police_Now To be clear - it's not going to change things overnight - but if more parents & peers manage to #take90 then more kids learn how to manage their anger well & it stops aggression&violence becoming increasingly normalised. Not easy given the volume online but we have to keep trying