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The county councillor responsible for Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has again cautioned against the police and crime commissioner taking control of the brigade. Cllr Morris Bright, the executive member for public health and community safety, spoke out less than a month after the election of Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards to oversee Hertfordshire Constabulary. In 2017, his predecessor as police and crime commissioner, David Lloyd, submitted a controversial bid to take control of the fire and rescue service from the county council. He had argued that bringing the two emergency service…

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