Jasbir Singh Parmar: Former Police Officer A former Police Officer, postmaster, and popular local businessman with five years of real, frontline policing experience, Jas has also spent seven years as a member and now Chair of the Independent Advisory Group to Bedfordshire Police.

Full statement

Jas is a dedicated family man, business owner, and community leader, having lived in Bedfordshire for 37 years. He is a former Bedford Borough Councillor, Non-Executive Director of East London Foundation (NHS) Trust and is a Governor at a special needs school in Kempston. He volunteers with DKMS, a stem cell charity, and is a dedicated supporter of MacMillan Cancer Support.

Policing priorities; Jas will…

1) deliver real community and neighbourhood policing (not just “numbers” that barely keep up with population growth), and better victim support as a top priority,

2) overcome the scandal of empty police stations and cop shops across the County including Bedford Town Centre and Leighton Buzzard,

3) streamline the PCC’s office operations, cutting waste to protect the frontline, being transparent and accountable, and

4) relentlessly campaign for fair funding for Bedfordshire, addressing the unfair formula that Labour and Conservative Governments have failed to tackle.

A personal message from Jas:

“As a former Police Officer and as a local resident, I will use my real-life experience to foster a safer community. I will be open and transparent and will cut waste at the centre to support front line police officers.”

“I will campaign tirelessly to see the return of town centre police facilities across our county, for real community policing and will make it my task to secure fair funding for Bedfordshire Police from the Government.”

That is what I will deliver.

Prepared by Stephen Lambert on behalf of Jas Parmar (Liberal Democrat), 16 Shuttleworth Road, Bedford, MK41 OEP.