Posted on 2014-07-02 | 11:46

Speaking after the news was announced that Bob Jones had died, Roger said “I was shocked to hear that Bob Jones had died at what is nowadays still a young age of 59.

  "I did not know Bob well, but I did have dealings with him both during his election campaign and afterwards as Police Commissioner. I always found him both engaging and responsive, particularly when I was trying to get the Home Office to set up a ‘restorative justice’ scheme in Sparkbrook in conjunction with local Police.

"Bob was a very honest and straightforward person who was not in favour of elected Police Commissioners – but as these have been imposed on the population, he took the view that he would make the best of what he considered to be a ‘bad decision’ until such time as a new Government could get rid of them. Sadly Bob will not be around to see the end of Police Commissioners.”