Mr. Mark Toland:

That is a very complex discussion. It certainly was not at my level but the Home Secretary went down that route in the UK. The forces outside London all have what is an elected person - very similar to what Ms Kirby and Mr. Olson are used to in America, which is perhaps a mayoral system - who has three or four people supporting him or her. It is an enormous change in the UK and the commissioners have wide-ranging responsibilities for budget setting and hiring and firing of chief constables, but London has still retained the Metropolitan Police Authority, which is a very different setup now to that outside of London.