Clive Grunshaw Re-Elected As Lancashire’s Police And Crime Commissioner

Published by Robert L Senior Reporter, on Friday, 3rd May 2024, at 17:15hrs

Great day for Labour in the local elections as they take majority of seats in wards across Lancashire.

This means Clive Grunshaw will now be back serving as Lancashire Police’s Crime Commissioner knocking out oppositions Andrew Snowden for Conservatives and Neil Darby for Liberal Democrats in the 2024 local elections that took place on Thursday 2nd May.

Clive began his journey as Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2012 up until his party was voted out in 2021 giving the reigns over to Andrew Snowden after his party, the conservatives where elected into power.

So what has Mr Grunshaw got planned for Lancashire Police, well according to choosemypcc.org.uk Clive Grunshaws, election agent, James Groves published online the following statement,

“I’m Clive Grunshaw, and under my watch as Lancashire PCC from 2012 to 2021, I had to deal with Conservative Government cuts of over 25% to our budget. We lost over 800 police officers whilst Rishi Sunak proudly proclaimed how he’d changed Labour’s funding formulas to take money away from areas such as Lancashire and give it to places like Royal Tunbridge Wells!

More recently, whilst police officer numbers are returning, we are not seeing more police, but fewer. Police officers are being placed in desk jobs, answering phones and doing paperwork, while the number of police staff is being cut.

Lancashire Constabulary had a proud reputation and my management ensured that we were rated, by government inspectors, as outstanding for our use of resources – not any longer.

Working with an incoming Labour Government committed to neighbourhood policing and fair funding, I will put bobbies back on our streets, not sat behind desks. I will deliver on:

Domestic abuse – tackling violence against women and girls.

Visibility – rebuilding the connection between the public and the police, tackling anti-social behaviour and targeting drug gangs.

Prevention – working with partners to reduce youth offending and steer young people away from the criminal justice system.

Value for money – removing waste, improving productivity and using every penny effectively.

Improving our service to the public – from crime prevention to local policing, from call handling to response times, and from investigations to regular updates.