Countdown to your vote
| Date | Local Activity | Activity |
| January | Police budget consultation closes 15/01/12 | Mayor's Office of Police and Crime goes live – date TBA |
| February | Police Authority set budget 08/02/12 | Home Office Partners Information Event – Exeter 28/02/12 |
| March | Soutth-west Police Authorities staff transition event - Portishead 16/03/12
Practitioner event with local partners - Portishead 23/03/12 Full Police Authroity - South Gloucestershire 28/03/12 |
Electoral Commission guidance to candidates and returning officers |
| April | Policing Plan is published | Regulations laid detailing powers of veto, information requirements and establishing Police and Crime Panels (PCP) | May | Referendum on Bristol’s elected Mayor | June | Police Authority AGM 20/06/12 | July | Deadline for Local Authorities to establish their own PCP | August | September | Full Police Authority | Possible update of electoral role - TBA | October | Purdah begins | Last point candidates can declare | November | Full Police Authority
PCC Election 15/11/12 |
PCC takes up office 22/11/12 |