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Bill Longmore is the Independent Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Police. He is the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012. A former police officer with Staffordshire Police, Longmore was a businessman prior to his election. He attracted controversy shortly after taking office for appointing his former campaign manager as his Deputy. ==Police career and election== Longmore, who was brought up at Amblecote near Stourbridge,〔Report by Claire Dunn.〕 was a serving police officer with Staffordshire Police for 30 years from 1957,〔 rising to the position of superintendent,〔 Following his retirement from the force he enjoyed a second career as a businessman, building up a manufacturing company, buying two factories and converting them to timber mills.〔 He is the 2011 winner of the BBC Midlands Sports Unsung Hero Award – an award recognising those involved in community sports projects, and which was presented to him for his work towards improving sports facilities in the village of Hanwood, Shropshire, where he settled after buying a former farmhouse.〔 He was a district councillor in Cannock, Staffordshire, where he lived previously, and a parish councillor in Hanwood.〔 Longmore ran as an independent Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Police in the first elections for the post in November 2012, and was subsequently elected to the position. During his campaign he said that his intention was to serve a single term in office. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Longmore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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