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This introduced the office of the Police and crime commissioner in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, again using the supplementary vote.

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Assistant commissioner at the Metropolitan Police Martin Hewitt said: «My position would be that stop and search is an absolutely crucial tactic in dealing with particularly something like knife crime.

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The mayor became the police and crime commissioner for London in 2011, but handed over responsibility to his deputy mayor for policing and crime, swapping an imperfect system for a disastrously flawed one.

The creation of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in 2012 may have contributed modestly to this result.

In what has been dubbed «Super Thursday», elections are taking place for 124 English councils, the Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland and Welsh Assemblies, as well as for police and crime commissioners.

Vivien Lowndes and I argue it will be essential that the Mayor learns from the good practices of (some) Police and Crime Commissioners and avoids some weaknesses in opening up transparency of decision making — allowing public questions and providing information about the timing and outcomes of decisions.

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).

Bettws ward in Gwent, Wales, may not be the typical bellwether for the nation's politics, but its significance rose with the first ever election of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across England and Wales.

There will also be 41 police and crime commissioner contests in England and Wales.

I voted by post today and had three ballot papers: mayor, police and crime commissioner, local councillor — which is a lot of decisions to make about our future leaders in one go.

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates emphasise their autonomy and the importance of the electoral mandate in determining policing priorities and disrupting the cosy complacency that is used to characterise the relationship between chief constables and police authorPolice and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates emphasise their autonomy and the importance of the electoral mandate in determining policing priorities and disrupting the cosy complacency that is used to characterise the relationship between chief constables and police authorpolice authorities.

It creates a new role, that of the metro mayor, in addition to local authority leaders, existing city mayors and — depending on whether the local area agrees to merge the two roles or not — police and crime commissioners.

The work of such a CRC could be returned either to the NPS to run (although this is unlikely given how overstretched it is), or to the offices of elected regional mayors or police and crime commissioners — a prospect London Mayor Sadiq Khan has welcomed for probation services in the capital.

It would have been preferable to wait until Police and crime commissioners were in post, in November 2012, before proceeding with this costly process.»

National Executive Committee, 22 July 2014 NEC meetings always start with tributes to members who have died, and in July these included Bob Jones, the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands, who was just 59.

«The fact is not a single councillor in England has won 50 percent of the electorate, not a single MEP has reached the 50 percent threshold, Boris Johnson scraped in with just 37 percent in 2008 and the Government's flagship police and crime commissioner election gained a risible 17 percent.»

«Flawed» police elections have barred a second candidate in two months from standing as a police and crime commissioner (PCC) due to convictions received in childhood.

«The Electoral Commission recommended that the government should arrange for a booklet to be sent to voters with information about all police and crime commissioner candidates in their area,» chief executive Peter Wardle said.

The procurement must be replaced with a new localised approach, that in time provides Police and Crime Commissioners, or the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) in London, with the freedom to opt - out of national provision and commission services locally, in order to involve and empower frontline police and probation offPolice and Crime Commissioners, or the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) in London, with the freedom to opt - out of national provision and commission services locally, in order to involve and empower frontline police and probation offpolice and probation officers.

Also on Local government: The number of candidates for the Police and Crime commissioner elections on November 15th is coming through thick and fast and Birmingham City Council pays # 35 million a year in sick pay

Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) said in a statement that he was glad the commissioner «conceded» the Police Department needs more officers to implement an ambitious agenda and maintain low crime levels.

Despite the upbeat crime data, Nassau has seen a spike in MS - 13 violence and opioid overdose deaths, among the many challenges facing the police commissioner.

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 CommissionerIn 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 Commissionerin 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 Commissionerin November 2012, only 14.9 % of voters in England and Wales bothered to elect new Police and Crime Commissionerin England and Wales bothered to elect new Police and Crime Commissioners.

In 2012 Moody stood as Police and crime commissioner for Labour in Wiltshire, reaching the second voting rounIn 2012 Moody stood as Police and crime commissioner for Labour in Wiltshire, reaching the second voting rounin Wiltshire, reaching the second voting round.

In elections to its board of 53 elected members, 44 % of the electorate voted: much better than the 15.1 % in 2012 elections for police and crime commissionerIn elections to its board of 53 elected members, 44 % of the electorate voted: much better than the 15.1 % in 2012 elections for police and crime commissionerin 2012 elections for police and crime commissioners.

Over 120 candidates will be contesting the position of Police and Crime Commissioners for 41 police forces in England and Police and Crime Commissioners for 41 police forces in England and police forces in England and Wales.

Police and Crime Commissioners are charged with securing efficient and effective policing in their area and this includes firearms licensing.

In July, Durham's police and crime commissioner said he would effectively decriminalise people who grew small amounts of cannabis, a move welcomed by those who argue that Britain's current drug laws are failing.

The naysayers predict that turn - out for the police and crime commissioner elections in November...

«Police forces in England and Wales have been set 178 performance targets by police and crime commissioners, despite a Home Office vow to cut redPolice forces in England and Wales have been set 178 performance targets by police and crime commissioners, despite a Home Office vow to cut redpolice and crime commissioners, despite a Home Office vow to cut red tape.

Ask yourself if some of the long - running and notorious miscarriages of justice which have come to light in recent years would have taken so long to resolve if campaigning police and crime commissioners had been in place, subjecting themselves to the judgement of the people every four years.

The Met Police and other forces also seem to be responding diligently, with the commissioner telling the London Assembly this week that arrest rates for hate crimes in the capital are up 75 % since the referendum.

He has been a leading figure in the move towards Police and Crime Commissioners and the College of Policing.

And we're achieving it through political reform — as with the new Police and Crime Commissioners who will be elected in November, and the new executive mayors in our great cities, following what I hope will be the positive referendums in MAnd we're achieving it through political reform — as with the new Police and Crime Commissioners who will be elected in November, and the new executive mayors in our great cities, following what I hope will be the positive referendums in Mand Crime Commissioners who will be elected in November, and the new executive mayors in our great cities, following what I hope will be the positive referendums in Mand the new executive mayors in our great cities, following what I hope will be the positive referendums in May.

«In other words, what really are the significant choices one could put before the electorate about how the job of police and crime commissioner should be done?»

In a briefing with reporters at NYPD Headquarters, a news release that contained a point - by - point rebuttal and an appearance on national television by the current commissioner, Bill Bratton, police officials denied any altering of statistics and defended the city's low crime figures for 2015.

Mencap is calling on newly - elected police and crime commissioners to lead the way in this, and ensure the progress made by police services continues.

South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner has accused Nick Clegg of using irresponsible, emotional and exaggerated language in his opposition to Sheffield city council's controversial tree - felling programme.

Candidates in last November's first ever police and crime commissioner elections spent a total of # 2.1 m trying to get elected in the four weeks before the polls, an average of # 11,220 each, the Electoral Commission has reported.

The conference, entitled The Way Forward in 2018, included speeches and contributions by MPs Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) and Mark Harper (Forest of Dean), South West MEP Ashley Fox, West of England Mayor Tim Bowles, Gloucestershire County Council leader Mark Hawthorne and Police and Crime Commissioners Alison Hernandez (Devon and Cornwall) and Angus Macpherson (Wiltshire and Swindon).

It follows falls in both gross and net immigration; a drop in the crime figures - despite the spending scaleback - and the (admittedly shaky) introduction of police commissioners.

The Electoral Commission is to launch an investigation into the record low turnout in the police and crime commissioner elections that took place across England and Wales yesterday.

Bloomberg and police commissioner Ray Kelly have fiercely defended stop - and - frisk as an important tool in driving down violent crime across the city.

In 1996, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani famously got rid of a talented superstar police commissioner named Bill Bratton — who, yes, committed the ultimate sin: He got on the cover of Time magazine and was credited with bringing crime down — something the mayor was more than happy to take credit for by his lonesome.

Under plans set out in a consultation last year, police and crime commissioners (PCCs) will be able to take control of fire services in their area.

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

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.

During that time, an election of unprecedented scale outside of a General election year saw 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 60 Welsh Assembly Members, 108 Northern Ireland Assembly Members, 25 London Assembly Members, 4 Mayors, 40 Police and Crime Commissioners, 2 MPs in by - elections and 2,769 councillors, across 124 councils, elected.