Extract from Commons
debate on Knife Crime
(Aylesbury) (Con):...I was very
pleased to learn that Op Deter has been highlighted as an example
of best practice in a recent “In Focus” report by the Association of
Police and Crime Commissioners which concentrates
on innovative and effective approaches to tackling serious
violence. I hope that that article will spur other police forces
to look at similar activities in other parts of the country...
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Extracts from committee
stage (Commons) of the Criminal Justice Bill
Witnesses included...
, PCC Criminal Justice
portfolio lead, Association of Police and Crime Commissioner
, PCC Criminal Justice
portfolio lead, Association of Police and Crime Commissioner
: Thanks very much, Sir Robert.
Thank you for the courtesy of extending invitations to
the Association of Police and
Crime Commissioners to attend. You realise that PCCs have a
strategic role in setting plans and budgets and holding their
chief constable to account. We are not operational, and therefore
any remarks we will make will be more about strategy—I suppose
budgets, specifically—but we are also proudly victims champions.
I suppose that is what we have brought to the criminal justice
system—there is bias in favour of criminals. I am , and I am the PCC in
Hertfordshire.
: I am the PCC in
Merseyside. To echo what David said, scrutiny and partnership
working in particular are some of the areas that we are keen to
look at.
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