Police and Crime Panel membership

The Police and Crime Panel comprises 11 elected members, one from each local authority in Hertfordshire, ​with an additional representative from the Hertfordshire Labour Party to ensure political balance, and two independent members.
 
Authorities represented are:
 
  • Broxbourne Borough Council 
  • Dacorum Borough Council 
  • East Herts District Council 
  • Hertsmere Borough Council 
  • Hertfordshire County Council 
  • North Hertfordshire District Council 
  • St Albans City and District Council 
  • Stevenage Borough Council 
  • Three Rivers District Council 
  • Watford Borough Council 
  • Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council  
The members of the Panel are listed in the table below:

Name Organisation Email Telephone number
Councillor Alexander Curtis Broxbourne Borough Council cllr.curtis@broxbourne.gov.uk 01992 785577
Councillor Lara Pringle Dacorum Borough Council lara.pringle@dacorum.gov.uk 07977 386541
Councillor Richard Townsend East Herts District Council richard.townsend@eastherts.gov.uk 07786 511191
Councillor Christian Gray Hertsmere Borough Council cllr.christian.gray@hertsmere.gov.uk 07535 925297
County Councillor Reena Ranger OBE Hertfordshire County Council reena.ranger@hertfordshire.gov.uk 0300 123 7458
Councillor Val Bryant North Hertfordshire District Council val.bryant@north-herts.gov.uk 07900 200122
Councillor Harriet Sherlock St Albans City and District Council Cllr.H.Sherlock@councillor.stalbans.gov.uk 07779 787469
Councillor Tom Plater Stevenage Borough Council tom.plater@stevenage.gov.uk 07986 543762
Councillor Andrew Scarth Three Rivers District Council andrew.scarth@threerivers.gov.uk 01923 232921
Councillor Aga Dychton Watford Borough Council aga.dychton@watford.gov.uk 07936 404305
Councillor Lynn Chesterman OBE Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council lynn.chesterman@welhat.gov.uk 01707 334157
Dr Malcolm Ramsay Independent member
Dr Julian Hargreaves Independent member Julian.Hargreaves@city.ac.uk
Mark Jackson Independent member mtjackson@outlook.com

The membership of the Panel will be reviewed annually following the elections in May to ensure that the political balance objective is met after elections. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Panel for the year ahead will also be decided. The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 sets out that the police and crime panels should include one member per local authority if there are 10 or more local authorities in the police force area. If a councillor decides to step down from the role the relevant local authority will select a replacement.

Police forensic investigator at a crime scene

Police forensic investigator at a crime scene