The Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by

Merseyside Police Merseyside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The service area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million. As of September 2017 the service has 3,484 police of ...

in the English County of

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan county, metropolitan and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England, 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Merse ...

. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Merseyside Police Authority. The current incumbent is

Emily Spurrell Emily Elizabeth Spurrell (born 1 November 1987) is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) in May 2021. She was previously a Liverpool City councillor for Mossley Hill and the de ...

, who was elected on 6 May 2021 and sworn into office on 13 May 2021. Commissioner Spurrell succeeded the inaugural holder,

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. The Police and Crime Commissioner is required to produce a strategic Police and Crime Plan, setting out the priorities for the Merseyside Police, and their work is scrutinised by the Merseyside Police and Crime Panel, composed of elected councillors from the five

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of Merseyside.

List of Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioners

Powers and functions

The powers and functions of the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner are derived from the

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, replacing those of the

Merseyside Police Authority Merseyside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The service area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million. As of September 2017 the service has 3,484 police of ...

. The main functions are to: *secure an efficient and effective police force for Merseyside *appoint the chief constable of

and, if necessary, dismiss them *set the police and crime objectives for Merseyside through a Police and Crime Plan *set the annual budget and

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level *contribute to the national and international policing capabilities set out by the Home Secretary; and *bring together community safety and criminal justice partners, to make sure local priorities are joined up

Election Results

References

External links

Office of the Merseyside Police & Crime Commissioner
official site {{Current Police and Crime Commissioners of England and Wales Police and crime commissioners in England