Sentences with phrase «police and crime commissioner said»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

«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.

Christopher Graffius, BASC's director of communications, said: «Police and Crime Commissioners will be central to the delivery of services such as firearms licensing.

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.

Baird, the Northumbria police and crime commissioner, said: «We can not allow rape trials to be inquisitions into the complainant's sex life.

Nick Clegg calls police and crime commissioners a «failed experiment» and says the Liberal Democrats will not contest the South Yorkshire by - election.

The Merseyside police and crime commissioner, Jane Kennedy, said members of the «hard left» were creating a climate that encouraged such attacks and said the building — which also houses other businesses — would be given «special attention» by police.

The BBC asked Martin Surl, Gloucestershire's police and crime commissioner, for a response and he said he felt Mr Ellis's action of showing off the knife was «unhelpful».

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he disagreed with a report that challenges the «broken windows» approach to fighting crime, highlighting the fine line he has tried to walk between his popular police commissioner and a political base that elected him to reform the New York Police Deparpolice commissioner and a political base that elected him to reform the New York Police DeparPolice Department.

The new police commissioner, Bill Bratton, pointed out that the unusually chilly winter may also be playing a role in the overall crime decline, but experts say targeted programs against gangs and neighborhood crime spikes are the more likely explanation.

Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are a «failed experiment», Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.

«The action taken in the U.S. directly impacts the upper echelons of organized crime both here in Australia and offshore, who until now have been able to confidently control and direct illicit activity like drug importations, money laundering and associated serious criminal offending,» says Neil Gaughan, the assistant commissioner of organized crime for the Australian Federal Police.