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General Category => Chesterfield Discussion => Topic started by: Pete on October 22, 2012, 01:00:42 PM

Title: Police & Crime Comissioner
Post by: Pete on October 22, 2012, 01:00:42 PM
Anyone know anything about this? We've got our voting cards but have not been contacted in any way by any of the candidates.

Just another waste of public money, badly implemented by the authorities. IMHO.
Title: Re: Police & Crime Comissioner
Post by: therealjr on October 22, 2012, 01:22:49 PM
There's a piece by each of them in the DT this week, not sure if it's available online.
Candidates from Labour, Tory,  UKIP and 2 independants

Everything will be available from this Friday

http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/ (http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/)

As far as I can see one person replaces the Derbyshire Police Authority (made up of appointed councillors and a few independants)  and gets a nice £75k salary for doing it. Bit like those towns and cities who have gone for an elected Mayor rather than a council.
Title: Re: Police & Crime Comissioner
Post by: Slacker on October 22, 2012, 05:56:58 PM
Not sure they are that universally popular but if we're having one we want our candidate.

Interestingly qualification is stricter than for an MP or even an archbishop with criminal convictions even as a juvenile barring a candidate; this included Falklands hero Simon Weston who had a minor offence as a kid.
Title: Re: Police & Crime Comissioner
Post by: therealjr on October 23, 2012, 12:01:59 AM
Not sure they are that universally popular but if we're having one we want our candidate.

Oh WE do, do WE
Title: Re: Police & Crime Comissioner
Post by: Pete on October 23, 2012, 12:05:01 AM
'ere we go :)
Title: Re: Police & Crime Comissioner
Post by: Fly on November 02, 2012, 05:48:35 PM
Had a read of a few bits of stuff on various websites.

My vote will probably be:
1st Rod Hutton.
2nd Alan Charles.
Title: Re: Police & Crime Comissioner
Post by: Old Cruser on November 03, 2012, 10:14:04 AM
I tried to access the site they give last weekend but it wasn't working right.
My daughter says she has had one leaflet for a candidate, up to now we have had nowt.
May try the website again over the weekend - providing my pc behaves  ;) (had probs with him) always call pc a him when having probs  :))  :))