His role as Police and Crime Commissioner officially commenced on 22 November 2012.
They work alongside an elected Police & Crime Commissioner who sets the budget and priorities for the force.
He will earn £100,000 per year, the largest figure of any English or Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner.
Directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners will give the public a real say in how their streets are policed.
It was abolished in 2012 to be replaced by a Police and Crime Commissioner.
A chief constable has no senior officer, but is responsible to the Police and Crime Commissioner.
Police and Crime Commissioners hold the 'police fund', from which all policing is financed.
It transfers the control of police forces from police authorities to elected Police and Crime Commissioners.
His election made him the Police and Crime Commissioner of England's smallest police force.
Police and Crime Commissioners should have within their remit the ability to require police forces to publish data.
