Sentences with phrase «directly elected police»

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

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

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

he asked and where was legislation to fulfill government commitments on directly elected police representatives.

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

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

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

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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

However, on occasion, turkeys do vote for Christmas, and I should like to welcome the coalition's proposals to abolish police authorities and replace us with directly elected individuals.

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.

«Welsh Liberal Democrats still don't believe that power over our police forces should be concentrated in the hands of one person, and we remain committed to our vision of directly - elected police boards

Surely, the objection is not merely that directly elected individuals will exercise those powers more effectively than police authorities have done to date.

Now, it is certainly fascinating to contrast the benefits of a single, directly elected local champion with the drawbacks of a remote and anonymous police authority.

The government claimed these developments forced it to abandon plans to make police authorities directly elected in the policing and crime bill, which was published last week.

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».

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.

However, Boris also needs to use his «bully pulpit» to smash the institutional resistance and complacency which he will find in some areas of the Metropolitan Police establishment; he must stand up as the directly elected representative of Londoners and demand action from London's pPolice establishment; he must stand up as the directly elected representative of Londoners and demand action from London's policepolice.

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

Before then, the role of PCCs was fulfilled by a board of police authorities, typically made up of 17 members, chosen from a combination of elected politicians and appointed independents, and directly accountable to Parliament.

The Coalition Agreement specifies the introduction of «measures to make the police more accountable through oversight by a directly elected individual».

While Mayor Bill de Blasio did not directly criticize the decision, Ms. Rose, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and other minority elected officials angrily denounced the outcome, echoing reaction that came after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer for shooting a black teenager in Ferguson, Mo..

We conclude, as have many other state courts, that our State Constitution, which serves ** 1275 only «to limit the sovereign power which inheres directly in the people and indirectly in their elected representatives,» Hunt at 365, 450 A. 2d 952, is a more appropriate vehicle to resolve questions concerning the rights of our citizens to travel the highways of our state without police interdiction and the rights of the police to use reasonable methods to enforce our traffic laws than is the federal constitution.