Adam Simmonds

Who is Adam Simmonds?

Adam Simmonds is the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire Constabulary. He is the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012.

A year after his election, his office costs of £1m for 17 staff were unfavourably compared with the former police authority spending of £865k "at a time when cuts were being made elsewhere in the force." £21m is being cut over 4 years from an annual budget of £120m and the Police Federation claims police number have been cut from 1265 to 1220. In response, Simmond's office said the commissioners role was wider than that of the old police authority.