POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONERS? "ABSOLUTELY BLEEDING HOPELESS" SAYS TOP COP

The Dame has been trying to find out how many tens of millions are being spent on thoroughly useless Police and Crime Commissioners...as Doctor Heffer says 'another dimwitted idea from Mrs May, the then Home Secretary'. 
Why do we throw money at such a useless organisation: one so embarrassed by its sheer uselessness it dare not disclose its budget?

No doubt, Miss Hancock enjoys a £200,000 a year salary and a platinum-plated pension. 
Come on, Miss Hancock...spill the beans!
The Dame and Doctor Heffer are on the case!

MISS HANCOCK...TOP CRIME COMMISSIONER!

Dear Doctor Heffer,

What on earth is the point of police commissioners?

The National Police Chief's Council thinks them a waste of time and money and it seems most of the commissioners are recycled oddball and inexperienced councillors.

I wrote several weeks ago to the APCCS asking them to divulge the full cost of police and crime commissioners yet have received no response. 

It would also be interesting to know the establishment costs of the APCCS itself.

The NPCC is scathing about PCC's. 

One source described them as 'absolutely bleeding hopeless'!

Evidently, this was a coalition government initiative

I cc'd Mr. Hurst as the APCCS's PR man.

Kind regards

The Dame


Dear Dame

I fear police commissioners are largely useless. 

Most members of the public regard them as the first port of call, for example, if the police deal with something unsatisfactorily - such as not investigating a crime properly. 

They are then told that the commissioner cannot respond to inquires about specific cases. 

Sadly, it was a Tory government who brought these useless people in - not least, as she was Home Secretary at the time, the present prime minister.

Yours ever

Simon Heffer

Simon Heffer PhD