Sentences with phrase «directly elected commissioners»

He also opposes plans for directly elected commissioners which could cost # 100m to implement.

Not exact matches

Last week the BBC reported that arrests for cannabis related offences plummeted 50 % since 2010 and directly elected police commissioners in Durham, Derbyshire, Dorset and Surrey have acknowledged that they will not arrest anyone who grows or possesses small amounts of cannabis.

The final step in this evolution towards executive presidentialism is the attempt to create directly elected Mayors (Police and Crime Commissioners is a parallel change in the same direction).

I will turn to accountability later, but that too will be kept local, through beat meetings, crime maps and directly - elected police and crime commissioners.

This process represents an important opportunity for citizens to examine the proposed Commissioners (Commissioners - designate) before they take office, and shows the Parliament, the only directly elected European institution, increasing in legitimacy and relevance.

First, we need the police to be more accountable to local communities - through the introduction of directly - elected local police commissioners.

It is right that we should now move and have directly elected police commissioners to rebalance the policing landscape and restore local democracy.»

In May 2012, voters in 10 out of 11 of England's largest cities rejected proposals for directly elected mayors; and in November 2012, only 14.9 % of voters in England and Wales bothered to elect new Police and Crime Commissioners.

«Yes they [commissioners] have a mandate but remember these commissioners are replacing organisations that weren't directly elected at all.

Plans to replace police authorities with directly elected police commissioners have triggered concern among chief constables anxious to avoid the politicisation of policing.

«Directly elected police commissioners not only compromise autonomy but as our poll shows undermine trust in the community they serve.»

However, the Coalition government decided that from November 2012, Police Authorities should be abolished and replaced with directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners.

Since February this year MPs have been debating the police reform and social responsibility bill, which proposes to abolish regional police authorities, replacing them with directly elected «police and crime commissioners».

Further controversy was created by the decision to replace Police Authorities with directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners.

Jacqui Smith, the former home secretary, proposes that prison officers be rewarded for their ability to prevent reoffending, suggests victims should, within limits, be able to recommend the length and type of sentence, and proposes directly elected crime commissioners to represent part of a force area within police authorities, rather than a single crime commissioner for each police authority.

The Lib Dems have branded the coalition experiment with directly - elected commissioners a failure and pledged to scrap them.

Only 24 % of people in areas with elections think directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners will make the police more accountable

Starting this year, commissioners are set to be directly elected for four - year terms, to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms in power.

Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are directly elected across England and Wales, in 41 different constituents corresponding to local police services.

There are numerous tiers of government in the UK for which voters are regularly asked to cast their ballots, including local councils, directly elected mayors, police and crime commissioners, national assemblies and parliaments.The first past the post system for local councils in England and Wales as well as Westminster also means that the nuances of local politics can vary significantly from place to place.

Connecticut's hospitals, elected officials, advocates and the media would all be highlighting the problem and calling upon the new commissioner of public health to recuse himself from decisions that directly impact Hartford Hospital.