Graham David Colley

About Graham

President of Liberal Democrat Lawyers and studied Law at Aberystwyth and European Law at the College of Europe. MBA from City University Business School and a research degree in Banking Reform at the University of Kent.

Graham worked in the City and has been a Legal Aid lawyer in Lambeth, Westminster, and Chatham.

Parliamentary candidate for Mid-Kent (twice) and for Rochester & Strood in the 2019 General Election. He is a former Kent County Councillor and co-chair of the Kent Fire & Public Protection committee.

Has lived in Maidstone and Lenham and now lives in Rochester, with two cats, Schnapps & Crackers

What Graham is standing for:

• Neighbourhood Policing – from the ground up, not the top down.
• Looking for radical solutions – tackling the root of the problems that face our police.
• Seeking efficiency but caring for the police force who serve us.

Graham believes:

• Crime policy must be based on the evidence of what works.
• Strengthening neighbourhood policing as a local policing presence gives people confidence that their safety is being cared for.
• More preventative work is required, particularly through joined-up working with other public services.
• Too many victims of crime still have a negative experience in the system.
• Too many criminals are not required to confront their behaviour.
• More action is required to tackle violence against women and girls.
• Too few prisoners receive effective pre-release support and re-offending rates remain unacceptably high.
• A new preventative, health-based approach is required to tackle drug and alcohol misuse.
• Stop and Search remains a source of deep mistrust between the police and the public.

Kent Police have a large budget, and the PCC must be vigilant to ensure that it is well spent.

Prepared by election agent John Castle, 155 Sturla Rd, Chatham, ME4 5QH

Contact details:

https://grahamforkentpcc.org.uk/en/