Labour鈥檚 candidate to be the West Midlands鈥 next police and crime commissioner pledged there would be no 鈥減rivatisation of the police鈥 on his watch.
Ex-MP David Jamieson launched his bid for the post, vacated by the death of the party鈥檚 Bob Jones, alongside shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper in Erdington yesterday.
Ms Cooper gave a major law and order speech focusing on domestic abuse.
And she backed Mr Jamieson, a former Birmingham teacher who worked alongside her as a Government whip and junior transport minister until he quit Parliament in 2005.
She said: 鈥淭he West Midlands does not need a Tory cheerleader, or a 海角视频IP candidate sewing the seeds of division.
鈥淒avid will build on Bob鈥檚 work, stopping major private contracts, backing neighbourhood policing, recruiting more officers and working in partnership with local communities.鈥
Mr Jamieson: 鈥淢y first vow is to carry on Bob鈥檚 good work.
鈥淭he task ahead is to maintain the legacy, but to also tackle new challenges.
鈥淚f I do the job even half as well as Bob I think I will have done a good job.
鈥淚 want to continue the recruitment of officers and to protect neighbourhood policing teams.
鈥淎nd there will be no privatisation of the police on my watch. I have a very clear and a very strong view about privatisation.
Acting PCC, Yvonne Mosquito will run alongside Mr Jamieson and the election will be held on August 21.
The other candidates standing are Les Jones for the Conservative Party, Ayoub Khan for the Liberal Democrats and Keith Rowe for 海角视频IP.
