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Audio: Will elected police commissioners work?

From November 2012, voters will change the way the police are held to account, electing 41 police and crime commissioners across England and Wales. Lord Prescott, former deputy PM and standing for nomination as Labour candidate as Police and Crime Commissioner in Humberside, and Tim Brain, former chief constable of Gloucester and visiting professor of Criminology at Gloucestershire University, debate the idea of elected police commissioners.Today ProgrammeWednesday 15th February. Will elected police commissioners work? (mp3) See also: John Prescott The Commissioner