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  1. Published on: 14/04/2016 06:26 AMReported by: roving-eye
    Home Secretary Theresa May on the local police and crime commissioner elections taking place on 5 May 2016.













    When I became Home Secretary in 2010, police governance was broken and in need of radical reform.
    At that time, police authorities were theoretically responsible for holding forces to account. Yet in reality these bodies were nothing more than invisible committees of appointed councillors.
    They were tasked with acting on behalf of the public and had a duty to engage local people and businesses in setting priorities and local taxes, but they did nothing of the sort.
    Attendance at public meetings was often very poor, only 1 in every 15 people knew that police authorities even existed, and their decisions were far from easily available, often hidden amongst lengthy minutes posted on their websites.
    In 2010, an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found that only 4 of the 22 police authorities inspected were judged to have performed well in 2 of their primary functions – setting strategic direction and ensuring value for money for taxpayers.
    That is why, in 2012, I introduced police and crime commissioners (PCCs) to be powerful local figures, directly elected and accountable to the people they serve.
    They have engaged with the public over the past 3 and a half years in ways that police authorities never did or could.
    Collectively their websites are being visited by over 85,000 people and they receive upwards of 7,000 pieces of correspondence every month.
    They are elected, visible, well-known in their communities and accountable for the decisions they take.
    But there is scope for PCCs to go further. We have included new measures in the
    Policing and Crime Bill, which is currently passing through Parliament, which enable PCCs, where a local case is made, to take on responsibility for fire and rescue services and even create a single employer for the 2 services.
    We have also been exploring what role PCCs could play in the wider criminal justice system. There is after all a reason why we included the words ‘and crime’ in the title of PCCs.
    According to the Independent Crime Survey for England and Wales, PCCs have presided over a fall in crime of more than a quarter since their introduction, during a time when police funding has reduced by a fifth.
    This is no mean feat. The accomplishments of PCCs matter, they matter to local people and they matter for the integrity of the policing system as a whole.
    But, most importantly they matter for the historic principle of policing by consent. Because if you haven’t been impressed by your PCC, or you think they haven’t achieved what they said they would, in just a few weeks’ time you can say so in the strongest terms possible - by voting for someone else at the ballot box.
    Conversely if you believe your PCC has made a real difference then you can vote for them to continue their important work. The choice is yours.
    For more information on the PCC elections on 5 May, and to find out who is standing in your local area: www.choosemypcc.org.uk.

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  3. prasnee says:14/04/2016 08:46 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by roving-eye View Post
    Home Secretary Theresa May on the local police and crime commissioner elections taking place on 5 May 2016.

    ....

    That is why, in 2012, I introduced police and crime commissioners to be powerful local figures, directly elected and accountable to the people they serve.
    And by any reasonable standard this experiment has proved to be a complete and utter, scandel-ridden failure.

    Any politician with an ounce of humility would accept this.

  4. mike1979 says:14/04/2016 10:27 AM
    Scrap them now along with Jane Kennedy.

  5. Lancashire Mike says:14/04/2016 10:38 AM
    Its a shame that we aren't given the option to vote for the post being abolished !!!!

  6. Georgio says:14/04/2016 01:12 PM
    Either she's an idiot or she thinks we are ! There was zero enthusiasm for introducing another layer of "leadership" at the top of the police forces from the public or the police but they went ahead and forced it through anyway. This lack of enthusiasm was reflected by the pathetically low turn out to vote for the poor collection of candidates for the job. No one asked us if we even wanted the post to be introduced and I suspect the answer would have been a resounding NO had they been foolish enough to give us a say. Just about every thing you hear about PCC's has been bad. How can we possibly have a meaningful say in how a police force is being run if we didn't actually want a useless Police Commissioner on an ego trip in charge in the first place. Put a box on the ballot paper next to "Scrap the pointless post" and I'll go out and vote.

  7. ainsdale local says:14/04/2016 09:59 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Lancashire Mike View Post
    Its a shame that we aren't given the option to vote for the post being abolished !!!!
    Anybody with a similar view should do as I did on the last election for this post - write your views on the ballot paper itself. Maybe a good number of spoilt papers will help to get the message over.

  8. ecclefechan says:14/04/2016 10:27 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by prasnee View Post
    And by any reasonable standard this experiment has proved to be a complete and utter, scandel-ridden failure.

    Any politician with an ounce of humility would accept this.
    Politicians like Southport Lib Dem MP John Pugh who voted 100% for PCC's to be established should apologise for their kow-towing to the Tories and agreeing to this. But he has no shame and zero humility so he won't.

  9. Username2016 says:15/04/2016 12:19 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ecclefechan View Post
    Politicians like Southport Lib Dem MP John Pugh who voted 100% for PCC's to be established should apologise for their kow-towing to the Tories and agreeing to this. But he has no shame and zero humility so he won't.
    And it's not as if the Lib Dems (or other parties) took the moral high ground and boycotted it, they put forward candidates and have done for this election. Guess would've been a different case if they'd won maybe as some parties will do anything for a taste of power.

    However I do believe it's a waste of money, especially with the expensive management layers of multiple secretary's, press relations, media relations etc. beneath them which could've been spent on serving the public.

  10. Blue4ever says:15/04/2016 12:03 PM
    Take a tip from the film Brewsters Millions and write in None of the Above on the ballot paper. It's a valid protest at the quality of candidates being foisted upon us for this meaningless, but well remunerated post.


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