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PCC

British  

abbreviation

  1. Press Complaints Commission

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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PCC said it had been advised by the Royal Navy bomb disposal team that enhanced scanning equipment was expected to arrive on site, which would help determine the safest way to make the device safe.

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Norfolk PCC Sarah Taylor resigned from the party after the Home Office announced commissioner roles in England and Wales were being scrapped.

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Taylor – who had been told in August that the Norfolk PCC position would be ending – said the news that all commissioner roles were being scrapped was not surprising.

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Announcing the decision earlier, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called the system a "failed experiment" and said fewer than 20% of voters could name their local PCC.

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There are 37 elected commissioners under the existing PCC system, introduced 12 years ago to improve police accountability.

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