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Reform UK Taps Veteran Detective Colin Sutton as Crime Adviser and Election Candidate

He will run at the next general election to lead a funded pledge to halve crime by equipping officers with Tasers and reopening 300 closed police stations.

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Overview

  • In a 30-year Metropolitan Police career, Sutton led inquiries that captured serial killer Levi Bellfield and the ‘Night Stalker’ rapist Delroy Grant.
  • He has officially assumed his role as Reform UK’s first police and crime adviser and will stand as a candidate at the next general election.
  • Sutton proposes issuing every frontline officer with a Taser to enhance safety and strengthen deterrence.
  • He plans to reopen 300 mothballed police stations to restore visible local policing and community reassurance.
  • The party intends to fund its promise to halve crime by scrapping HS2 and net-zero spending to hire 30,000 additional officers and investigate every reported offence.