Avon and Somerset Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the five unitary authority areas of Bristol,Bath and North East Somerset,North Somerset,Somerset,and South Gloucestershire,all in South West England.
Surrey Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Surrey in South East England.
Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in South West England,which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council,and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole.
Avon Fire &Rescue Service (AF&RS) is the fire and rescue service covering the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset,Bristol,North Somerset,and South Gloucestershire in South West England.
Widcombe is a district of Bath,England,immediately south-east of the city centre,across the River Avon.
Lyncombe is a district and electoral ward in Bath,Somerset,and a former parish in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. In the mid-19th century the parish was formed when the parish of Widcombe and Lyncombe was split in two,but it was abolished in the late 1960s. The village of Lyncombe existed since at least the Saxon period prior to becoming part of the City of Bath.
A police and crime commissioner is an elected official in England and Wales responsible for generally overseeing police forces. A police,fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) is an elected official in England responsible for generally overseeing both police forces and fire services. Commissioners replaced now-abolished police authorities. The first incumbents were elected on 15 November 2012.
Julia Rosemary Mulligan is a British Conservative politician who was the first North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner,elected on 15 November 2012. Mulligan stood as the official Conservative Party PCC candidate and previously served as a local district councillor,in Craven,where she lives. She also stood for parliament in the 2010 general election.
Ronald William Ball is a former Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC),and the first person to hold the post. At the time of his election he was the only independent PCC not to have a background in policing. After a four-decade long career in aviation as an airline pilot on both commercial and cargo flights he was elected to the newly created office of Police and Crime Commissioner on 15 November 2012. One of his first acts in the post was to endorse an alliance with a neighbouring police force aimed at pooling resources and reducing overall costs. Although his role was a non-operational one,he requested a review of a police investigation into a motoring accident that left several people injured,citing public concerns over the incident. After it emerged that police officers who held a meeting with former Conservative Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell following his involvement in the Plebgate affair had not given a proper account of their conversation,Ball became caught up in the affair after criticising the findings of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which recommended the officers be disciplined. Ball did not contest the 2016 election for the post,and was succeeded by Philip Seccombe of the Conservative Party.
Susan Robertson,is a British independent politician. From November 2012 to May 2021,she served as the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner. She is the first person to hold the post and was first elected on 15 November 2012,having stood as an independent candidate.
Ian Brian Johnston was the Independent Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner. He was the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012. He did not seek re-election in 2016.
The Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Avon and Somerset Police in the English unitary authorities of Bristol,Bath and North East Somerset,North Somerset,South Gloucestershire and Somerset. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the Avon and Somerset Police Authority. Mark Shelford was elected to the role in the May 2021 election.
Nicholas "Nick" Gargan is a former Chief Constable in England,who now runs his own consultancy company,Nick Gargan Consulting.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
The Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner for the Gwent Police area. The post was first elected in November 2012 and replaced the Gwent Police Authority as part of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. The current commissioner is Jeffrey Cuthbert,who represents the Labour Party.
Chlöe Charlotte Swarbrick is a New Zealand politician. Following a high-profile but unsuccessful run for the 2016 Auckland mayoral election,she became a parliamentary candidate for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,standing in the 2017 New Zealand general election and was elected as a member of the New Zealand Parliament at the age of 23. In the 2020 election,Swarbrick was elected as the Member of Parliament for Auckland Central,becoming the second Green Party MP ever to win an electorate seat,and the first without a tacit endorsement from a major party leader. She retained Auckland Central in the 2023 election. In March 2024,she was elected co-leader of the Green Party.
The 2021 West of England mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of the West of England,on the same day as other local elections across the country. It was the second election for the role. The mayor was elected by the supplementary vote system.
Michael Veale was the Chief Constable of Cleveland Police in northeast England until his resignation in January 2019. From 2015 until 2018 he was Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police,the force responsible for policing Wiltshire and Swindon in the southwest of England. He came to national prominence in 2017 when Wiltshire Police presented the findings of its investigation into alleged sexual abuse by former prime minister Edward Heath.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 6 May 2021,on the same day as the Senedd election in Wales and the local elections in England. This was the third time police and crime commissioner elections have been held. The elections were originally due to take place in May 2020 but were postponed by 12 months in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Turnout was an average of 34.1% across the elections,with Wales having much higher turnout mainly due to the simultaneous Senedd election held across Wales,whereas only parts of England had simultaneous local elections.
To Catch a Copper is a 2024 British documentary series about investigations into officer misconduct within the Avon and Somerset Police. The series has three episodes,which are themed around mental health,race,and sex crimes. Concerns include use of force and racial profiling. In one case,a constable is fired after publishing revenge porn;in another,an officer is acquitted after having sex on duty with an intoxicated woman.
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