Tories select Lancashire Police Crime Commissioner

11:00pm Wednesday 18th July 2012 in Blackpool

THE Conservative candidate standing for Lancashire Police Crime Commissioner has been unveiled as County Coun Tim Ashton.

The Wyre-based councillor was selected by fellow party members at the De Vere Hotel, Blackpool, at the weekend.

He will now stand against stand against Labour candidate County Coun Clive Grunshaw on November 15.

The controversial Crime Commissioner post will take over from the Lancashire Police Authority and will hold the force to account.

County Coun Ashton, who lives in Lytham and is cabinet member for highways and transport, said: “I am very pleased to have been selected. I have worked very hard to make this happen and the role of crime commissioner is something I am very interested in.

“Lancashire Police does a great job, especially the neighbourhood policing teams, and I hope to be able to build on that good work.”

Comments(10)

brossen99 says...
11:33pm Wed 18 Jul 12

Bet all he can think of is fleecing the locals for petty traffic offences like ignoring his Corporate Nazi 20 Mph Zones, we will probably end up with more speed scameras whilst the policing of real crime falls by the wayside !

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Graham Hartley says...
12:04am Thu 19 Jul 12

"The controversial Crime Commissioner post will take over from the Lancashire Police Authority and will hold the force to account."

If one appreciates the history of public accountability, particularly the Roman view of the importance of accounts, then one will understand the implication of this remark.

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BritainfortheBritish says...
7:43am Thu 19 Jul 12

With all the cuts to the police will the amount we pay the council for policing go down ?

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Excluded again says...
8:34am Thu 19 Jul 12

BritainfortheBritish wrote:
With all the cuts to the police will the amount we pay the council for policing go down ?
No, because the police are funded from two separate sources - the Police precept collected locally through the Council and central government. The cuts are being made to the funding from central government.

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mavrick says...
8:41am Thu 19 Jul 12

Another step to becoming a region of the E.U
As the electorate in this country are to apathetic for their own good. I think we will get the policing we deserve.

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RUinsane says...
10:03am Thu 19 Jul 12

More shiney arses to talk about rising crime and how we need to ctamp down on motoring offences.

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her from here says...
2:09pm Thu 19 Jul 12

Will anyone notice ? I don't think so they will still go for the easy targets.
* motorists *

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Elegant1 says...
11:45am Fri 20 Jul 12

BritainfortheBritish wrote:
With all the cuts to the police will the amount we pay the council for policing go down ?
And just when did that ever happen? Put your pipe away and dream on!

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Elegant1 says...
11:50am Fri 20 Jul 12

I wonder how long it will be before we see yet another U-Turn by this useless Tory government on this issue?

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crashdetective says...
9:25pm Fri 10 Aug 12

Tim Ashton's arrogance knows no bounds! Lancashire's arbitary 20mph limits were the brain-child of this imbecile.

We need honorable people standing, not ex Councillors and the like who are just looking to stick there noses in another public trough.

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