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SteveH:
Four political parties are set to fight it out in the race to elect the next Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for North Wales.
Voters in the region will head to the polls on May 2 to elect a commissioner whose responsibilities include deciding the budget for North Wales Police and holding the force's chief constable to account.
Labour incumbent Andy Dunbobbin is among those standing after the former Flintshire councillor was first appointed in May 2021.
The other challengers are Brian Jones, a local councillor from Rhyl, for the Conservatives, former deputy North Wales PCC Ann Griffith for Plaid Cymru and former Liverpool councillor Richard Marbrow for the Liberal Democrats.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24239498.north-wales-police-commissioner-candidates-revealed-full/
SteveH:
What do voters want from PCCs in Wales?
Cyber crime, drug abuse and speeding are just some of the issues that will face Wales' newly elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs).
Voters go to the polls on May 2 to pick Wales' four new PCCs - one for each police force.
The elected officials will help ensure their police forces function effectively, but they do not get involved in day-to-day decision making.
BBC Wales News visited the neighbouring coastal towns of Rhyl and Prestatyn, in Denbighshire, to see what people want their commissioner to focus on.
cont https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxe90eppxj7o
Hugo:
"The elected officials will help ensure their police forces function effectively, but they do not get involved in day-to-day decision making"
If that is the case why are the four candidates standing on behalf of the four main political parties and not as independant candidates?
I've just had a leaflet pushed through my letterbox on behalf of the Conservative Party and there is a big headline in it "20,000 extra Police (delivered) "
In 2019. the Government promised to recruit 20,000 extra Police and the Government recruited every single one. Don't forget that that was Boris' promise and he wouldn't lie, would he?
The article didn't say whether the 20,000 recruits were in addition to the existing Police compliment in 2019 or not. Are they just manipulating statistics? It makes me wonder as I haven't seen a Police Officer on the beat for many years
norman08:
Hugo we know very well this 20 k extra police is another Tory lie. The force in this area is that understaffed they have to draft them in from Merseyside Manchester and Cheshire forces, few years ago we had a sergeant who said he?d go into work in the morning there would be him and a PCSO if two calls came in he would have to decide the one to attend. This gov keep saying crime is down. But every day you are hearing / seeing stabbings or shootings etc.
Hugo:
Norman, statistics don't mean a thing, they can be used in any way that suits their cause. They may well have recruited 20,000 people but I bet that more Police have retired or left the force since 2019 and it wouldn't surprise me if the number of Police Officers in Post now is ,below the 2019 figure
This is the General Election year so the Parties are all full of Hype like they were in 2019
Remember Boris' promises that they will build 40 new hospitals? Another lie
We'll take control of our borders another lie
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