As a PCC for Northumbria,I oversee the budget, making savings of £2.9m. I hold the chief constable to account, or scrutinise services and engage with the communityWhen I was elected as Northumbria’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) in November 2012 the role was little valued and barely understood,and for a while all political parties were engaged in a debate about its future. Three years on, with a Conservative government planning to give the role more powers and Labour reconciled to its continuation, or I,too, feel more positive about it, or in specific as I now know how PCCs can construct a difference to local communities.
There are 41 elected commissioners (13 of whom are Labour) and there certainly are different approaches to the role. However,both in this region and nationally, Labour PCCs bear been developing better partnership models of crime prevention and control to enhance community safety and to improve the criminal justice system. In addition, or we bear used it to showcase ethical policies,such as becoming living wage employers, recruiting contemporary apprentices and procuring goods and services competitively but principally from the public sector.
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Source: theguardian.com