MATTHEW Ellis has promised to spend cash more effectively and get more police on the streets using mobile technology after being re-elected as Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire.

Mr Ellis, who took up the role of PCC after being elected in November 2012, was re-elected on Friday May 6 after polling 75,000 votes compared to Labour candidate George Adamson’s 66,513.

Following his victory, he said: “It’s about carrying on delivering the plan I set out in early 2013 to spend money more effectively and get more visible policing on the streets across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent using mobile technology.

“It’s about making sure communities feel re-assured because they are seeing more police officers and above all making sure that we are preparing the police in every single way to deal with changing crime, to deal with the challenges of the internet which is not only a force for good but a place where criminals can do horrendous harm to individuals and organisations.

“We need to continue the work around victims and continue to grow the Police Cadet Service. I want to put some extra vigour towards all the other work that we set in train three years ago and speed things up.”

The Chief Constable remains responsible for the day-to-day operations of Staffordshire Police, which covers Kinver and Stourton, while the PCC sets the annual budget for the force and holds the Chief Constable to account.