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Policing Needs Accountability - Make Your Voice Count

Do you know who holds the police to account for everything they do?  It’s your police authority! 

But policing is changing and there will be many challenges to face, such as massive cuts in the policing budget, in order to improve the service you receive in the future.

Under new proposals, police authorities could be scrapped and a Policing and Crime Commissioner – voted in by local people - would hold each police force to account on behalf of communities. 

Find out what this means for you...