Petition · past parliament

Scrap Police & Crime Commissioner posts. Invest savings into community policing.

Closed 567 signatures

What the petition asks

15% of the electorate voted in Police & Crime Commissioner elections. Only the Conservative party are committed to keeping the role. As the current Conservative Government were elected on 30% of the vote, 70% of voters support scraping the posts & spending the savings on the front line.
Police & Crime Panels, in their current form, can become Scrutiny bodies.

Timeline

20 Oct 2015 Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 567
Status Closed
Opened 20 Oct 2015
Closed 20 Apr 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.