Ann Barnes

Ann Christine Barnes (born June 1945) was the first Kent Police and Crime Commissioner. She was previously the Chairman of Kent Police Authority for six years and Deputy Chair of the National Association of Police Authorities for three years. Early life and family Barnes was born in St. Helens in 1945 but now lives in Lyminge. She is married to Tony Barnes and has two children. She worked as a teacher for 27 years in Merseyside and Kent. She became a magistrate on the East Kent Bench in 1986. Kent police authority Barnes was appointed as an independent member of the Kent Police Authority (KPA) in 2001, becoming its chairman in 2005. A police authority in the United Kingdom is a public authority that is responsible for overseeing the operations of a police force. In 2010 Spending Review, the coalition government cut funding to Kent Police by £53 m (20%) which resulted in 1,500 police personnel, including 500 police officers, being made redundant across the county.