- DENNIS CLARKE -
Your candidate for
Police and Crime Commissioner
for South Wales
I am proud to be nominated as a candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner.
I know the sort of things that go wrong in the Criminal Justice System (CJS). I have been a legal aid solicitor and involved in many justice committees for about 50 years.
I feel I have been practising for the role of PCC for all that time.
My commitment to improving the CJS is well established. My understanding of how each part of the CJS can and should perform is second to none.
It is wrong that the public does not know more about the role and how to make use of it. I bring a different experience to the position. I am not limited in ambition for our communities by being connected to any of the authorities. I am independent of them but I have a very long history of negotiating with them and occasionally suing them to obtain better responses for clients and communities.
I do not claim to have all the answers but my professional career has taught me all about research, process, the law, and to question what I am told. I have worked with senior police officers, Magistratates, Judges, prisons, and the staff in each of these authorities. I am used to negotiating at all levels and on occasions I have successfully sued them all to make valid points for my clients and the wider community.
I want to see all those who affect our police force work to the best they can to make our communities in South Wales the safest they can be. I will not have to accept what is said in government. I will be able to complain on your behalf. Unlike anybody else who is on the political bandwagon.
The PCC and staff should be approachable. They must champion your interests. They should not be part of the problem. I will be focussed on bringing to all our communities a South Wales Police Force that you know to be the best it can be.