Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections
(asked on 1st June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Police and Crime Commissioners are subject to a purdah period in relation to elections.
This question was answered on 7th June 2018
Directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are accountable to the public via the ballot box for ensuring the policing needs of local communities are met effectively.
Restrictions are placed on local authorities, applicable to PCCs and their Deputies, by the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity, which refers to periods of heightened sensitivity during elections.