Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. Intended to bring a public voice to policing and hold the police to account, this controversial role also controls budgets and strategic planning.
Drawing on unprecedented access to PCCs and their chief officer teams, Bryn Caless and Jane Owens performed confidential interviews with both sides and reveal in this book the innermost workings of PCCs relationships with the police, media, partners, and the public. The authors also analyze...

Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. Intended to bring a public voice to policing and hold the police to account, this controversial role also controls budgets and strategic planning.
Drawing on unprecedented access to PCCs and their chief officer teams, Bryn Caless and Jane Owens performed confidential interviews with both sides and reveal in this book the innermost workings of PCCs relationships with the police, media, partners, and the public. The authors also analyze...

Historically, we have known little about the heads of police in Europe, but over the course of two years of careful research, Bryn Caless and Steve Tong worked to remedy this gap. Caless and Tong here draw on unprecedented access to those at the top of European police forces to obtain detailed comments from more than one hundred strategic police leaders in twenty-two countries. This book presents for the first time information about how these leaders are selected for high office, how they are held accountable, and how they view current and future challenges in policing. Endorsed by the...

Historically, we have known little about the heads of police in Europe, but over the course of two years of careful research, Bryn Caless and Steve Tong worked to remedy this gap. Caless and Tong here draw on unprecedented access to those at the top of European police forces to obtain detailed comments from more than one hundred strategic police leaders in twenty-two countries. This book presents for the first time information about how these leaders are selected for high office, how they are held accountable, and how they view current and future challenges in policing. Endorsed by the...