Deputy appointed by new crime boss

John Dwyer John Dwyer

A MONTH after being appointed as Police and Crime Commisioner for Cheshire, John Dwyer has appointed a deputy so he can ‘perform duties effectively’.

Margaret Ollerenshaw, who was previously chairman of the Police Authority before it was disbanded in favour of the commisoner role, has been given the job.

She will be paid £22,500 for a one year contract working an average of three days a week.

Mr Dwyer said: “It quickly became clear to me that in order to perform my duties effectively I would need a second in command.

“Margaret Ollerenshaw was the obvious choice.

“This is a twelve month appointment to enable me to fully understand the scope of this new and challenging role and to see how the Government’s proposals for the role continue to evolve.

Mrs Ollerenshaw said she was ‘delighted’ with the appointment.

Comments(12)

MikeJT says...
2:22pm Thu 20 Dec 12

So after nobody voted to fill a position that nobody knew about, a deputy that nobody has been appointed to help the person do the job which was supposed to be "one person being in charge of policing". Two or three more deputies and they can have a board.

HappyMisery says...
3:35pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Actually MikeJT, the collective noun will be "posse".

widnesman says...
3:36pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Well said MikeJT.

Some people can only dream of £22.500 per year for working "SEVEN" day, never mind three.

What a useless waste of tax payers money!!

Out of Warrington says...
3:45pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Disgusting. Jobs for the boys (or girls in this case)

Out of Warrington says...
4:01pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Disgusting. Jobs for the boys (or girls in this case)

The Maestro says...
5:06pm Thu 20 Dec 12

considering the police are facing cuts and Cheshire Police has lost staff how can the PCC justify paying a part time role so much? a full time officer who we need could have been paid that salery.

“This is a twelve month appointment to enable me to fully understand the scope of this new and challenging role and to see how the Government’s proposals for the role continue to evolve.

The man stood for election saying he was the old deputy chief of Cheshire who understood policing which made him the best person to fulfil the role, a lie then going off his quote? When's the next election

notatcreamfields says...
7:33pm Thu 20 Dec 12

I hope that wage is taken out of his £80,000 a year salary

old-codger says...
8:40pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Margaret Ollerenshaw, who was previously chairman of the Police Authority before it was disbanded in favour of the commisoner role, has been given the job.
She will be paid £22,500 for a one year contract working an average of three days a week.
..................
Yep, Jobs for the boy,s... You scratch my back and all that,

She,ll need a PA and the PA will need a secretary who will in turn need an office gofer,

£22.500 for three days a week ??. TAXPAYERS money going to waste again...

Paul Kennedy says...
8:38am Fri 21 Dec 12

The Maestro wrote:
considering the police are facing cuts and Cheshire Police has lost staff how can the PCC justify paying a part time role so much? a full time officer who we need could have been paid that salery.

“This is a twelve month appointment to enable me to fully understand the scope of this new and challenging role and to see how the Government’s proposals for the role continue to evolve.

The man stood for election saying he was the old deputy chief of Cheshire who understood policing which made him the best person to fulfil the role, a lie then going off his quote? When's the next election
May 2016.

Paul Kennedy says...
8:40am Fri 21 Dec 12

notatcreamfields wrote:
I hope that wage is taken out of his £80,000 a year salary
The salary is £75,000, and no it won't be.

Nick Tessla says...
9:41am Fri 21 Dec 12

Paul Kennedy wrote:
notatcreamfields wrote: I hope that wage is taken out of his £80,000 a year salary
The salary is £75,000, and no it won't be.
Only 75k , how will he scrape by on that (and his pension from when he was Deputy Chief Constable) - perhaps we should organise an appeal for the poor chap!


I thought you lot were in favour of cutting public expenditure - not finding new ways to increase it.

old-codger says...
12:28pm Sat 22 Dec 12

Nick Tessla says...
9:41am Fri 21 Dec 12
Only 75k , how will he scrape by on that (and his pension from when he was Deputy Chief Constable) - perhaps we should organise an appeal for the poor chap!

Well said Nick, Dont they just want to make you puke.

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