Don't buy into Police and Crime Commissioners!
On 15 November people in England and Wales will vote to elect a Police and Crime Commissioner for each of 41 police forces. The PCCs replace the existing Police Authorities and will therefore be in charge of police funding and producing a "Police and Crime Plan" - which includes policing priorities and objectives, and a set of policing targets - which will be used to hold the chief constable to "account". The Conservative Party - who proposed creating the role - have argued that Police Commissioners are "the most significant democratic reform" to policing in England and Wales "in our lifetime"...