Andy Street said the police and crime commissioner model was ‘not holding West Midlands Police well enough to account to drive down crime’.
Policing in the West Midlands could be taken over by the region’s mayor, it has been announced, in a move that was earlier branded a “hostile takeover” attempt by the police and crime commissioner for the area.
Every force area in England and Wales is represented by a PCC except London, Manchester and West Yorkshire, where the mayor holds the responsibility instead. “The mayor’s own party have stood four times for election to the role of West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner and been roundly defeated on each and every occasion.
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