NPCC

• Northeast Power Coordinating Council’s (NPCC’s) annual winter reliability assessment forecasts its region will have an adequate supply of electricity this winter to meet projected peak demand under a variety of forecasted weather conditions.
• An installed winter capacity of 169,291 MW is projected to be in place to meet the forecasted electricity demand, which is 1,257 MW less than last winter.
• “NPCC’s assessment indicates adequate capacity margins and transmission capability to meet the region’s peak demand and required operating reserves under forecasted conditions this winter,” said Charles Dickerson, President and Chief Executive Officer of NPCC.
• ISO New England has winter reliability programs in place to address regional energy security risks if prolonged extreme weather occurs.

• The Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc. (NPCC) has appointed three new members to its board of directors.
• “I am pleased to welcome these highly experienced industry leaders to help NPCC continue its mission to ensure a reliable, resilient and secure bulk power system across northeastern North America,” said Charles Dickerson, NPCC President and Chief Executive Officer.
• He is responsible for the management, staffing, administration and operation of MMWEC, as well as the overall relations among governing boards, employees, customers and the general public.
• Prior to this role, he worked as a power trader at Ontario Power Generation, where he helped optimize its short-term physical and financial trading strategies.

• Armed police are relatively rare in the UK.
• Just 4% of the 142,526 officers in England and Wales are armed (compared to all 708,000 in the US).
• Some of the worst actors in recent UK policing, including Wayne Couzens and David Carrick, have been part of these specialist squads.
• My research has shown that these elite special units are hotbeds of the most warrior-like aspects of street police culture.

Militarising the police

• Studies suggest the influence of militarisation on local police departments reinforces the most aggressive aspects of warrior street police culture.
• In militarised police departments, both supervisors and peers expect police officers to err on the side of control and order maintenance, even if it involves the use of violence.
• Studies show a positive correlation between a police department’s acquisition of militarised equipment and its use of deadly force.
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  Where stop-and-search policing with a firearm became routine

  The military approach is at odds with what UK police are supposed to represent, and further erodes public confidence in police.

Holding officers to account

• The current legal mechanisms to hold police to account for misconduct are insufficient.
• And when police departments are seen as mishandling misconduct incidents, this can be perceived as a lack of desire by the institution to hold offending officers to account.
• While the outcry among armed officers suggests that increased accountability impedes their ability to do their jobs, the reality is that mechanisms to hold officers responsible for misconduct – even when a death has occurred – are few and far between.
• Rather than contesting close scrutiny, officers should embrace being held to the highest legal standards.

• BELLEVUE, Wash., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lassen Peak announces the appointment of Graham McNulty to its Advisory Committee for the United Kingdom.
• Throughout his 30-year career, Mr. McNulty has been an active leader in the U.K. policing community, including holding the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Lead for Knife-Enabled Crime and Gangs.
• In January 2022, Mr. McNulty was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
• Mr. McNulty brings a wealth of relevant experience to the Lassen Peak Advisory Committee.