Created by the Policing and Crime Act 2017, police and crime commissioners are elected by the public to ensure that the policing needs of their communities are met as effectively as possible and to oversee how crime is tackled in these communities. They are supposed to be the public voice of all members of the communities. They can also hire and fire Chief Constables so they hold quite a lot of authority. They are required to swear an oath of impartiality (as are police officers). This is to make sure that they serve all members of their community equally, completely independent of any politic…