Conservatives have chosen magistrate Julie Iles as their candidate to be Surrey's first Police and Crime Commissioner.
Julie has lived in Surrey for more than 25 years and for the last 10 of these has been a Surrey magistrate.
Her work has also included serving as Chairman of the South East Surrey Youth panel, as a Youth Justice advisor, and working as a committee member for Surrey Crimestoppers.
If she is elected in November, her priorities will be:
- Making Surrey an even safer place to live
- Getting a better deal for the taxpayer
- Challenging a culture of complacency
- Catching more criminals, and
- Ensuring the justice system delivers for victims.
The Commissioner will be an elected figure who will be able to decide the policing strategy and budget. He/she will set the local council tax precept and appoint the chief constable.They will have a broad remit to ensure community safety, with their own budgets to prevent crime and tackle drugs, but will not have day-to-day control over police officers.
Election day will be 15th November and you can follow Julie's campaign and find out more about her by visiting - www.julieiles.org.uk