Dealing with mental health issues or traffic violations leaves our forces with less time to tackle the crimes we rightly expect them to solve.
Whether or not I appointed the right candidate, only time will tell, and the Surrey public will be the ultimate judge.
Catchy slogans are no substitute for a clear focus on the basics: more officers, proper investigations, and higher solve rates.
With households feeling the squeeze, have a duty to be smart and imaginative in making policing budgets stretch as far as possible.
We must also teach our youth the truth about the great strides the UK has taken in addressing climate change and how lawful action is what really effects change in a democracy.
This year the 200th anniversary of Robert Peel first becoming Home Secretary. His words “The Police are the Public; the Public the Police” are as true today as they were then.
We should abolish a quango that provides no discernible benefit and that no-one would miss were it to disappear tomorrow.
In Surrey, we see middle-class activists cause great damage and disruption before getting let off the hook.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life proposed that councillors’ social media comment be included as “official capacity in their public conduct.”
Polling suggests that the Prime Minister’s attitude is very similar to that of the general public.
The Reigate MP has made a complaint to the county’s Police and Crime Panel about the Surrey PCC’s pronouncements.
A directly-elected representative, answerable to the voters, is more democratic than an anonymous Police Authority.
The party that has always been seen as the most effective on law and order has to stay that way.