Low turnout for police election

Will it make any difference to how the police work?

Or will they still be just as bombastic and give you the feeling that 'You are guilty until you prove yourself innocent'?

Will they still sit in the comfort of their van with a zap gun waiting for the motorist to commit a crime instead of getting off their backsides and solving a crime?

Funny how none of the stuff I had pinched from my garage has ever been recovered, in yet they find time to sit zapping motorists

Only candidate I heard anything about was the one being investigated for fraud. Whole thing was a farce. So didn't vote.

Here's some points.
1. Politicians control the police (Home Secretary) so no matter what political party they are from it won't influence decisions.

2. The commissioner role is to cut away red tape and have one person who can say yay or nay and for the police force/service to be able to speak to one person rather than a committee for a decision.

3. They didn't advertise the dates correctly or efficiently.

4. The Isle of Wight won't really see this commissioner over unless its cowes week :)

So do you now actually care?

It is like a general election. dont matter who you vote things wont that much.

The police are an entity to themselves and listen to no-one, why should another/different bloke at the top make any difference ..........................

unless......................

unless they are of a suffienct forcefull personality to change the attitude of the police, ................. but.

must dash a flight of pigs is just going over and I want to shoot some down and make Pig's Wings Butties

I voted for Simon Hayes, so it is inevitable that he will win as I rarely get things wrong (or beaten).

I made an informed decision not to vote as I dont agree with the idea all as I believe there shouldnt be Politics in Policing...
There was a full discussion about this on Vectis Radio a week or so ago...
The only thing I wish Id tought of was to do what was done in other areas accross the country an organised Spoiling of the Balot Papers...
Well done to all those who took part...

I'm shocked it was that high, I thought the apathy here would be more than many other places as it's a Hampshire & IOW post which is too big a picture for many IOW residents to see.

Whether the post needs to exist at all is debatable, but I certainly don't think it should be a politically influence post and I don't that us as members of the public have anywhere near enough knowledge of the skills required for the job to have any idea who to vote for.

The whole thing seems completely stupid and a big waste of time and money. And yes, I did tell them that on my ballot paper.

After reading all their online material it seems kind of pointless, they all say "We want to fight crime". Nothing will change, we have just p*d £100million up the wall for this.

14.3% - that's quite good, looking at the figures for the rest of the country!

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