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20 Conservative Town Councillors write to Cllr Rob Pocock regarding his comments on the Police and Crime Commissioner.

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Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
The letter

Dear Rob,

 

We would like to raise our concerns over your comments and behaviour at the meeting of the Town

Council on Tuesday 22nd September.

 

You repeatedly claimed that the minutes of a previous meeting were inaccurate - that was not the

case. Minutes are defined as ‘the written record of what was said at a meeting’. To claim inaccuracy

is to undermine the hardworking officers of the Town Council whose job it is to take the minutes and

publish a summary record of what was said. The recording of the meeting in question is clear that

the minutes were entirely accurate. We would therefore ask that you publicly withdraw these comments and the inference regarding our officer team.

 

On numerous occasions you accused the Leader of the Council of dishonesty. As an aside this was

not the case and there are multiple examples of public record confirming the decision of the Police

and Crime Commissioner to close the police station in our Town.

 

More important your choice of language and persistent personal attacks were totally inappropriate.

You were given at least three chances to withdraw your comments and you chose to ‘double down’.

Is this the behaviour we should expect from any councillor let alone one with your seniority and

breadth of experience?

 

We hope that you have realised the seriousness of your comments and look forward to you issuing

an apology to both the officers and to the Leader of the Council. Not to do so is to undermine your

personal credibility and that of our Council. Our residents across the Royal Town have the right to

expect better of their elected representatives.

Yours sincerely

 

Cllr Simon Ward

Leader of Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council

 

Cllr David Allan

Cllr Leeford Allan

Cllr Tony Briggs

Cllr Jan Cairns

Cllr John Cooper

Cllr Jackie Cummins

Cllr Joanne Ellis

Cllr Derrick Griffin

Cllr Samuel Hodgins

Cllr Clare Horrocks

Cllr Alison Jolley

Cllr Ewan Mackey

Cllr Harry Parmar

Cllr Louise Passey

Cllr David Pears

Cllr Nitish Raut

Cllr Samuel Simper

Cllr Keith Ward

Cllr Terry Wood

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