The announcement that elections for police commissioners will be delayed from May to November 2012 have been welcomed by Hertfordshire Lib Dems, who continue to oppose the idea of elected police commissioners.

Commenting on the announcements, Ron Tindall, the Hertfordshire Lib Dem spokesperson on policing, said:

“I am glad that the Lib Dems in the Lords and in Government managed to make the Conservatives see the massive flaw in re-organising policing three months before the biggest policing event in the nation’s history to date – the 2012 Olympics.

“Delaying the elections until November also means that they will not be as politicised as they would be if held at the same time as other elections. The likelihood that policing will become more politicised remains one of our biggest objections to the whole idea of electing police commissioners.”