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http://lauramcinerney.com/2012/10/23/things-rich-people-never-understand/Police and crime commissioner elections November 15th
In just under a month from now we will be having elections for Police & Crime Commissioners (PCC's). Rhe below is a description of what this will involve
http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/
A police and crime commissioner (PCC) is independent and will be elected to oversee how crime will be tackled in your police force area. Their aim will be to cut crime and to ensure your police force is effective. They will bring more of a public voice to policing and they will do this by:
regularly engaging and meeting with the public to help set police and crime plans;
ensuring the police force budget is spent where it matters most; and
appointing the chief constable, and (if necessary) dismissing them if they have not performed well.
Please feel free to let us know who's standing in your area, and how the election is progressing.
Below is a very worrying article about what's going on in Lincolnshire
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9623068/The-secret-US-lobbyists-behind-Police-and-Crime-Commissioner-election.html
Unusually for a rural local election, he has employed professional campaign staff, commissioned weekly opinion polls, opened field offices and is driven in a chauffeured Mercedes. He has poured tens of thousands of pounds into the elections, far more than any other candidate anywhere else in Britain.
Mr Barrett describes himself as an independent, opposed to party politics in policing. He has refused to disclose who is funding him, despite widespread local suspicions generated by the intensity and professionalism of his campaign.
However, it can now be revealed that it has been run by a team from a US-based neo-conservative think tank, the Fund for the New American Century, funded in part by a variety of corporate donors with an interest in public-sector privatisation.
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