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Lots of people get to vote on police commissioners -- so why does no one bother?

The public in England and Wales are electing police and crime commissioners (PCCs) in their local police force areas for the third time as part of the elections being held on May 6. PCCs govern police forces and have a range of responsibilities, including the power to hire and fire the force’s chief constable, set the annual force budget, set local policing priorities in a police and crime plan, and commission related projects. The role was established in the Social Responsibility and Police Reform Act 2011 and the first elections took place in 2012. The aim has been to improve the democratic accountability of police governance by letting voters choose these figures. But things haven’t always worked out that way.

Farmers to be protected from illegal off-road yobs

× ILLEGAL off-road bikers causing thousands of pounds in damage on Barnsley’s farmland will be stopped through cross-border partnerships and increased action days, police bosses have revealed. Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, has vowed to take firm action after a rise in cases in the last year which has resulted in churned-up fields, crops being ruined and fences damaged. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) revealed crime cost farmers in Barnsley communities such as Penistone, Ingbirchworth, Dunford Bridge, Royston and Shafton more than £600,000 last year, a rise of almost 5 per cent on the previous year’s figures.

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