RE: Police and crime commissioner elections.
Further to my previous letter on the subject – as I understand the situation, this fast-approaching farce is going to cost the taxpayer in excess of £78m.
Why spend that money to alter a police authority system that works perfectly?
The whole idea has been rushed through without any serious thought and the worst result will be political control of the police with one person having the power to appoint or dismiss chief constables.
A great opportunity for nepotism and disaster.
PETER J. COLLINS, Hinksey Hill, Oxford
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