Evenin' All!

Having been brought up on a diet of 'Dixon of Dock Green', we rarely saw the Senior Police Officers, the stories concentrating on the exploits of P.C. Dixon. 
However, now, we are in the midst of some of the biggest reorganisations of the Police Force.  We have had the introduction of C.P.S.O.'s, un-warrarranted officers 'supporting' the warranted officers, i.e. doing a lot of  the 'basic' policing. 
Now we are going to have the elections of Police and Crime Commissioners.  In Humberside the election has made the National News only because one of the candidates got so few people turning up to his election hustings.  The P.C.C.'s are an introduction by a Conservative Government, which is strange as this represents an extra layer in the structure of the Police, in a political ideology that is anti- layers of Government, but it does mean that they can get rid of the Police Authorities, which was maybe their agenda all along.
The P.C.C.'s are going to have a hard job, as there are bound to be further cuts to Public Services, and that will be hard to manage without the cuts affecting 'Front-line Policing'.
The bookies favourite, 'ere in 'Ull, is 'Prezza', and there are your usual collection of assorted others, including Simone Buterworth (the Liberal Candidate) who plans to give up a third of her salary, if elected, to supporting victims of crime (what a good idea!).  What does 'Prezza' want with £75k anyway?  He probably already has various pensions from the Unions, Houses of Commons and the House of Lords.  How many Jags does he plan to run? 
And another thing!  In this time of double dip recession, courtesy of Gideon and his gremlins in the Treasury, how much do all these elections cost?
Conspiracy Theory alert - if the P.C.C.'s prove themselves to be an effective bunch, do you think that they will get rid of the Chief Constables, and we elect our 'Chief of Police' just like they do in the good ol' U.S. of A.?