Barrow Cadbury response to abolishment of Police & Crime Commissioners

Barrow Cadbury Trust welcomes the news that Police and Crime Commissioners are to be abolished. Some PCCs responded positively to the T2A young adult agenda and other long-standing concerns around policing, and we commend them for their approach  However, the potential for the role to have substantial impact was never realised. This was not helped by a failure to explain their role and potential to the voting public. According to the Home Secretary scrapping the PCCs will save £100m over this Parliament. This funding should be ringfenced for proven approaches to reducing crime and ensuring more people are supported to move away from the criminal justice system.