Former chief executive backs Mick Thwaites' for police crime commissioner

1:46pm Monday 17th September 2012 in News

THE FORMER chief executive of Olympus is supporting Mick Thwaites to become Essex’s first police and crime commissioner.


Southend business man Mike Woodford is best known for being the whisteblower who uncovered a $1.7billion fraud at the Japanese technology company.


He was fired from his job and had to be given police protection.
Now he is supporting Mr Thwaites, Southend’s former district commander.

Mr Woodford said: “What we need in a PCC is a “crime fighter“with a proven and successful track record of putting criminals behind bars.


“We need a PCC with ‘know how’ who can sort out problems and provide real leadership to a police force strangled by bureaucracy and that has lost focus because of years of political meddling.  And we need someone with integrity.

"In Essex we are fortunate because we do have exactly the right person for the job – Mick Thwaites. I like to call him ‘Honest Mick.’
 

Comments(4)

Nebs says...
5:51pm Mon 17 Sep 12

There is only one man in Essex capable of doing this job, and bringing law and order back to the streets.
Vote for Brunning999.

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Brunning999 says...
6:55pm Mon 17 Sep 12

Nebs wrote:
There is only one man in Essex capable of doing this job, and bringing law and order back to the streets.
Vote for Brunning999.
I will take it on Nebs!

To be Honest my only prayer is that a non Politician gets the job.

I am really fearful of idiots like John Prescott getting any control of the Police.

I believe Mick Thwaites is independent of Politics so a good choice.

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kidkid says...
8:21am Tue 18 Sep 12

I personally know Mick Thwaites from going to school with his Youngest Son. He is a admirable man that will always do his best in any job he is given. Mick has vast amounts of experience and would be ideal for the Job. He has a wonderful family, Two sons and a Daughter. he always strives for excellence and I can honestly say he is a really, really nice guy. he is one of the only Police Officers left that actually cares about the people that lives in his town. Good Luck Mick, I know you will do a Outstanding Job.

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Devils Advocate says...
9:19pm Thu 20 Sep 12

Brunning999 wrote:
Nebs wrote:
There is only one man in Essex capable of doing this job, and bringing law and order back to the streets.
Vote for Brunning999.
I will take it on Nebs!

To be Honest my only prayer is that a non Politician gets the job.

I am really fearful of idiots like John Prescott getting any control of the Police.

I believe Mick Thwaites is independent of Politics so a good choice.
Leave the old Labour fellas alone. Do you actually follow what your lot are doing to the police right now? Nothing to do with law and order I can promise you. Thatcher was the first Politician to use the police force for political ends and, since the police were used to help destroy the miners, and the 300 years worth of coal we still had in our deep mines, You Tories have never done anything else. Why should anybody trust a Tory now?

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