Julie Iles has been selected by local Conservatives as their candidate for November's Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
The Commissioner is a new role created by the Coalition Government to oversee Surrey Police. They will be an elected figure who will be able to decide the policing strategy and budget. They will set the local council tax precept and appoint the chief constable.
Julie has lived in Surrey for over 25 years and for the last ten of these has been a Surrey Magistrate. Her work has also included serving as Chairman of the South East Surrey Youth panel, as a Youth Justice advisor, and working as a committee member for Surrey Crimestoppers.
Julie says that her priorities are:
- Making Surrey an even safer place to live
- Getting a better deal for the taxpayer
- Challenging a culture of complacency
- Catching more criminals, and
- Ensuring the justice system delivers for victims.
Police Commissioners will have a broad remit to ensure community safety, with their own budgets to prevent crime and tackle drugs, but will not have day-to-day control over police officers. Election day will be 15th November.
Find out more at www.julieiles.org.uk or to get in touch, please email [email protected]