The Cotswolds goes to the polls to decide who should run policing in the county
PEOPLE across the Cotswolds are going to the polls today to decide who should run policing in Gloucestershire.
Conservative candidate Will Windsor-Clive and Labour’s Barry Kirby are vying to unseat the current Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl, Independent.
The office of the PCC was brought in three-and-a-half years ago in an bid to make the police more accountable.
They are tasked with setting the policing plan, appointing high-level staff members and scrutinising decisions.
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