And he committed to ensure there is at least one ‘well-resourced and fully operational’ police station per district.
Speaking after his re-election, he also said he was looking forward to pushing a ‘Prevention First’ approach – in a bid to reduce crime.
He points to the Fire Service whose prevention work reduces the number of fires they have to deal with.
And he says there are lessons to be learned in terms of reducing incidents of crime.
“All victims say to me the most important thing is not to have crime in the first place”.
Also standing in the election for police and crime commissioner were Liberal Democrat Sam North and Labour candidate Philip Ross.