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  Interesting Barry and who would the elected police chief be using for prosecutions, a local solicitor, doubt it, criminal law unless it is a really big case is not particularly remunerative but then of course big cases involve the cost of a very expensive QC and weeks of preparation before trial.
  On the minor crime are you going to revert back to when Inspectors prosecuted, doubt that as well, the Police didn't want that job when they had it. In fact it is all becoming very costly and the poor old elcted police chief would need an army of support staff or the wheels of local justice would grind to a halt.
  On your second point the judiciary is fiercely independent of all governments and will resist any minister that attempts to prejudice or manipulate that independence. You do not say how Michael Howard gave rise to the accusation that he was attempting to exceed his powers.
  All in all the UKIP/Tory proposed system would work out more expensive.

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