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Articles by: Maggie Blyth

Never stop learning: A response to the Direct Entry debate

13th April 2017

Maggie Blyth, Direct Entry Superintendent

OPINION: The Direct Entry debate has returned to the headlines in recent weeks with the suggestion that Chief Constables might in future be drawn from outside the service. Supt. Maggie Blyth, one of the first Direct Entry superintendents, says there's a huge amount of talent in policing - but there still might be advantages in looking outside.

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Direct entry: Moving into policing as a leader and a learner

9th January 2017

Maggie Blyth, Direct Entry Superintendent

OPINION: What is it like to be a Direct Entry Superintendent? Maggie Blyth offers her thoughts on what the scheme can offer, and her experiences as a new entrant to policing.

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Maggie Blyth

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With a background in the Probation Service in the early 1990s Maggie developed offender education provision across Inner London and subsequently spent five years as a senior policy adviser at the Youth Justice Board. She was responsible for the roll out of youth justice qualifications for 10,000 staff and inquiries into child custodial deaths and oversight of practice across YOTs in England and Wales. Over recent years Maggie was Independent Chair of Safeguarding Children Boards, most notably Kent, Oxfordshire and Hampshire & Isle Wight, with oversight of local child protection services. She held a Ministerial appointment with the Parole Board for England and Wales till 2016, a quasi- judicial role with responsibility for the prison release of high risk offenders, and was a specialist chair for juvenile cases. Maggie has published 5 volumes relating to child protection and youth justice and worked across the UK and internationally to develop services.