alan_m wrote
Rod Speed wrote

By checking if the current one up for re-election has done a decent
job so far by checking the stats on crimes charged and convicted etc.

But that risks the bugger playing silly buggers to make the stats look good.

The last election in one of the more rural counties I was visiting at the
time the incumbent Police commissioner went on social media indicating
that [paraphrasing] Policing of rural areas was difficult and the local
community had to take more responsibility. This was followed by a tour of
the district where members of the public were urged to attend the meetings
to discuss his proposals. A bit later his message to electorate had been
changed as a few people had asked him how to set up their own vigilante
groups

Bit of an unintended consequences there, eh :-(

Glad its not my job.