INTERVIEW
Festus Akinbusoye: ‘I have a real thing about negativity, I don’t like it, we’re too negative in this country about our police’
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26th April 2023
26th April 2023From Special Constable to the first Black Police and Crime Commissioner, Bedfordshire PCC Festus Akinbusoye talks to Policing TV’s Tom Gaymor about his journey.
Festus Akinbusoye is the elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Bedfordshire, the first black ever black PCC providing overarching governance for any police force. He is passionate about, amongst other things, making sure that the good and excellent police work that takes place in Bedfordshire, and more widely across policing, is more widely shared.
Tom conducts his first interview since joining the PolicingTV team discussing with Festus what being a PCC involves, and the mission and vision behind his Police and Crime plan.
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