Alison Hernandez was selected as the Conservative candidate in October 2015 and elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner in May 2016. Alison has a strong background working alongside the Police to promote Community Safety and cut crime. Alison's varied career includes working to tackle poverty in Plymouth, fighting crime in Torbay and across the South West Region from within Torbay and at the Home Office, to being a Business Consultant helping Housing Associations and the Transport Industry.
Alison was an award winning elected Councillor and an activist in the business community. More Police, Safer Streets is her mantra. The PCC role requires tackling crime from many angles, not just from a police prospective. Understanding the needs and challenges of the rural, urban and coastal communities is vital, as is strategic thinking and the ability to form strong partnerships and alliances.
Alison says, "I have spent years fighting crime and tackling poverty at the front line and at a strategic level and I look forward to campaigning and the challenges ahead".
Alison was elected for her third term as PCC in May 2024. Devon & Cornwall now has 3610 police officers helping to tackle rural crime, drug crime and stamp out anti-social behaviour with hotspot policing.
Alison is also committed to opening a series of new police front desks. She successfully opened the Exeter Middlemoor police station to replace Heavitree in 2020. In the coming months, Alison looks to open further front desks in Exmouth and Exeter.
To find out more about Alison, you can visit her website here: Alison Hernandez | PCC for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
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