Police Commissioner candidate Matthew Grove pledges to be 'the victim's champion'
THE Conservative candidate for the role of Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner told the people of North East Lincolnshire that he is the credible alternative to Lord Prescott.
Speaking during a visit to Grimsby and Cleethorpes at the weekend, Matthew Grove said that while he lacked the public profile of the former deputy prime minister, he was not "burdened" with his past record.
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TOUGH TALKING: Matthew Grove, the Conservative candidate for the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner.
After chatting to members of the public in Grimsby's Victoria Street, the East Riding Council cabinet member told the Grimsby Telegraph that even Labour supporters had promised to vote for him rather than the long-serving former Hull MP.
As reported, six people have so far thrown their hat into the ring for the £75,000-a-year post. As well as Lord Prescott and Mr Grove, they are UKIP's Godfrey Bloom and Independents Walter Sweeney, Neil Eyre and Paul Davidson.
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Mr Grove said: "I think people are very much looking for an alternative to Prescott. I think people are becoming aware of how important this role is and they want to make sure whoever is elected is the right person for the job.
"Do they want to give the job to someone who is 74 years old and who has flip-flopped on a number of substantial issues?
"This is a man who opposed the House of Lords and then took a peerage. This is a man who opposed the police and crime commissioner position and then stood for it."
Mr Grove added that Lord Prescott had voted for the Human Rights Act, something which he described as a "charter for criminals" which he would like to see abolished.
Pledging to become "the victim's champion", he said: "I will give them a voice that they haven't had before."
Mr Grove also vowed to campaign for tougher sentencing and advocated a system of charging drunken offenders for the cost of policing.
He said: "I think people realise that the police are doing a reasonable job despite the system, not because of it. A lot of the public's concerns relate mostly to sentencing and the criminal justice system.
"I believe we are seeing sentences that clearly don't fit the crime and victims are feeling let down. If elected I will push for more appropriate sentencing."
He added: "We have got to tackle this culture of drunkenness which has made many of our town centres on Friday and Saturday nights no-go areas for decent people, and even more worryingly, has made our casualty departments places where people don't want to go for fear of what they might face when they get there."
Comments
by ErnestDeadman
Friday, October 05 2012, 9:27PM
“Well let me say you lot should visit the Hull Daily Mail web site because it appears no one will vote for Lard Prescott of Hull who gets £770 per day from the House of Lords in expenses and wants another £75,000 to do both jobs part time.”
by jack_knife
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 3:58PM
“Who would ever want to trust or believe the CONservatives with or without a leader like Cameron? The Cons' do more twists and turns than a corkscrew, and they scr£w us for all they can.
Lib-Dems? they are like school kids not knowing what to do, in a 'mans world'.
UKiP? are a 'no-were, never been' party.
Independents? may be worth a look at.
Labour? possibly.
Then again, WHY do we NEED a Police Commissioner?”
by williampink
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 12:16PM
“Mr Grove. It would seem you have a problem with the human rights act. Are we not entitled to human rights. I strongly suggest you read the UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. This may stop you making a fool of yourself.
P.S. Who are you and what have you done to make us vote for you.”
by secretaryone
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 11:44AM
“I am baffled by the post of police commissioner, what will he be doing different that the Chief Constable is not doing, that is I take it that he will be replacing this post or will he?
On this web site for today you can see the following headlines "Man assaulted outside Cleethorpes night club", Man assaulted in Victoria Street" and "Man stabbed in attack in Cambridge Road" its police on the streets that we need not more men at the top.
Can you imagine Lord Pressie on the streets of the town on a Friday night sorting out any trouble?”
by labourladie
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 10:19AM
“Would somebody please explain to me why we need a police commissioner for Humberside Police? Is this some kind of confidence trick to give the force that nobody wanted or voted for some kind of validation? However,more to the point,why does Humberside Police and fire service exist at all when Humberside itself doesn't? The ambulance service in northern Lincolnshire is not part of the Humberside emergency services any longer so why have the other two not followed suit? Is there something the authorities are not telling us? Like welcome back Blunderside complete with King Prescott! Because that's who Yorkshire will vote for.”