29 August 2021
Green Party member of the House of Lords, Baroness Jenny Jones, has criticised the failure of the new Dorset Police & Crime Commissioner, the Conservatives' David Sidwick, to reinstate the local policing scrutiny panels set up by his independent predecessor. Baroness Jones described it as "clearly a very poor decision" and a "bad choice for Dorset".
I'm told that the new @PCCDorset has scrapped the scrutiny panels which oversaw the use of force and stop and search. Clearly a very poor decision. Bad choice for Dorset. https://t.co/odwycinJbS
— Jenny Jones (@GreenJennyJones) August 29, 2021
Black people are 25 times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people in Dorset, a 2020 report found.
If you disagree with David Sidwick's decision too, you can email him at pcc@dorset.pnn.police.uk.
