No single person should have the powers a PCC has, writes Richard Younger-RossIt was our former chief constable John Alderson who first awakened my interest in policing policy.John had developed a radical new way to cut crime by greater engagement of the police with the community they serve. This was simply called community policing. It was widely opposed at the time but adopted by the Liberal Party in 1982 on a motion I co-wrote. Community policing is now at the heart of all parties' policing...
