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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Andrew Coster not seeking a second term will upset almost no one

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So Andrew Coster has revealed he will not be seeking a second term as Police Commissioner.   Which will upset...almost no one.  I think most of us will be happy to see the back of him.  Because while he does seem like a decent and smart guy, he has been rubbish at the job.  This will be good for Police morale, I think, because they have been quite vocal about the fact that they have been unhappy being led by a man who doesn’t seem to actually want to chase down the bad guys quite as much as they do.  And it will be good for public confidence too because I think we would also prefer a Police boss who wants to lock up the perpetrators of this current crime problem we’re experiencing.   Now to be fair to Andrew Coster, the fact that he’s not seeking a second term isn't really that unusual in Police bosses - we haven’t had one go longer than six years since the 1940s.  But the trouble for him is that we all know at least part of the reason he’s going is because he isn’t wanted.  I mean, that was made abundantly c