Matt Taylor has stopped short of handing over the £5000 deposit required to stand in the forth-coming Police and Crime Commissioner elections set for 15th November 2012.

He says “I'd be a fool to throw £5000 down the drain. I'm not a gambling man and couldn't bank on getting 5% of the vote, to get it back. Bearing in mind Katy Bourne, Godfrey Daniel and Ian Chisnall haven't had to put up their own money, I decided the best thing to do was try another way.”

Each candidate was required to hand over 100 signatures and a £5000 deposit (10 times the deposit required to stand as a Member of Parliament), by 19 October 2012.

Five candidates have come forward, Tony Armstrong (UKIP), Katy Bourne (Conservative), Ian Chisnall (Independence), Godfrey Daniel (Labour) and David Rogers (Liberal Democrat).

Matt continues, “I'm not going to let stupid bureaucracy stand in my way of my dream job. Lets remember that even Nick Herbert, the minister who brought through the PCC legislation resigned. Actions speaks louder than words and his resignation says a lot about the state of these elections.”

As the only unofficial candidate standing, Matt Taylor has reiterated his commitment to the election by saying “I'm introducing a new concept into politics called Guerrilla Democracy. I am always pushing the boundaries and will continue to do so. I want voters to exercise their democratic right to spoil their ballot papers by writing SOS on them.”

Standing on an anti-corruption platform Matt Taylor is calling for the IPCC to investigation claims of police corruption surrounding the 1996 murder of Brighton born Katrina Taylor.

He says “I have crime files which name the killers and indict up to 50 police officers involved in the murder cover-up of Katrina Taylor. As of yet no-one has been brought to justice for Katrina's murder. It's been a voyage of discovery since running in this election and the examples of police corruption uncovered is truly shocking.”

With the elections being widely regarded as a waste of public money, and with well known public figures such as the former Met Police Commissioner Ian Blair calling for voters to boycott it. Public confidence in elected Police and Crime Commissioners is widely held with ignorance and indifference.

If elected Matt Taylor says “Under my leadership, drugs and prostitution will be low priority crimes, freeing the police to concentrate on other priorities such as theft, domestic abuse and anti-social behaviour.

I would expand the charitable and voluntary sectors in community policing on a scale never before seen. We must face facts that more and more police officers are being taken off the streets, and it's imperative we have systems to fill the void.

I will be a champion for the police and community in equal measure. And work towards making a cleaner police force, a more tolerant police force and the best police force in the country.
I have the integrity, intelligence and independent to be a great Police and Crime Commissioner, so be brave Sussex and vote for me.”

Matt Taylor will be appearing at a Sussex University Hustings on Wednesday 31st October starting at 5pm.

All are welcome to attend.