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The PCC election was delayed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, residents across the Avon and Somerset Police’s area will be able to vote for a new PCC on Thursday, May 6. The elections for PCC are held every four years. The Avon and Somerset PCC position has been held by Sue Mountstevens since 2012. In January 2019, she announced she would not seek re-election for a second time. The following candidates for the new PCC are as follows: Kerry Barker, Labour Party Mr Barker is a barrister with 50 years’ experience in the Criminal Justice System. He has been a sc...

THE Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police it to retire from the force this summer. Chief Constable Andy Marsh will not seek to extend his contract when it expires at the start of July. He said it had been the “honour of a lifetime” to lead a force he first joined as a recruit in 1987. After starting at Avon and Somerset Police, he took on operational and detective roles up to the rank of chief superintendent and BCU Commander, first for South Bristol and then Somerset East. He was appointed assistant chief constable at Wiltshire Police and then Avon and Somerset Police, be...

Published: 4:00 PM April 7, 2021    Updated: 4:06 PM April 7, 2021 Chief Constable Andy Marsh will step down from his role in July. - Credit: Neil Phillips photo and film LTD Avon and Somerset Constabulary has announced that Chief Constable Andy Marsh will step down from his role at the beginning of July. CC Marsh first joined the service as a recruit more than 30 years ago, taking up his role as Chief Constable in 2016. Recently, he has been tasked with handling Kill the Bill protests across the South West and called his decision to step down 'the right time for me to embark on a new cha...

AN Avon and Somerset police constable has been sacked for a catalogue of unacceptable behaviour during his "short service", including…

Avon firefighters are supporting the NHS by driving ambulances. - Credit: AFRS More than 80 Avon and Somerset police officers are ill with Covid-19 and another 47 could be infected.  Chief constable Andy Marsh is cancelling rest days and offering overtime to tackle lockdown breaches, and is also set to consider a request for officers to drive ambulances to support stretched NHS services.  Firefighters across Avon and Somerset have put in hundreds of shifts since the start of the pandemic driving ambulances and have responded to more than 1,400 incidents.  The South Western Ambulance Servic...