Comment: PCC's Budget Vetoed Sunday, 21 February, 2021 It is telling that the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel decided to symbolically veto Sue Mountstevens’ original budget – the only panel in England and Wales to do so. While funding and the precept are always controversial, normally the PCC gets their way. This year the panel members not only stood up for local residents who have had to deal with loss of income due to Covid – there were... Local News
Harsher Penalties For Pet Theft 18th February 2021 Help Us Stamp Out Pet Theft in the South West Pet theft is not treated with the seriousness it deserves and reform is urgently needed. During the pandemic, dog... Local News
£1.16 million funding boost to tackle serious violence in Avon and Somerset 11th February 2021 “By backing our police with the funding, powers and resources they need, we are keeping the public and our communities safe, so people everywhere can live their... Local News
Avon & Somerset Bolstered By 128 Extra Police Officers 28th January 2021 New statistics show that over 6,620 extra officers have been recruited through the Conservative Government’s police recruitment drive, with 128 more in Avon and... Local News
Letter To Editors: Dog-Napping 25th January 2021 This week's Sunday papers highlighted that the theft of a family's dog, so called ‘dog-napping’, is reaching epidemic proportions across the country. This is a... Local News
COMMENT: Independent Police and Crime Commissioners are less accountable than party politicians 14th December 2020 Bristol-born merchant, philanthropist, and slave-trader, Edward Colston, is not the only public figure to have fallen dramatically in public estimation in the... Local News
Crime In Minehead - PCC Candidate, Mark Shelford, Meets Locals In Minehead 30th November 2020 Local News
