Police Crime Commissioners (PCC) will meet in London later today to discuss how they can repair their tarnished image after a difficult first year in which there were accusations of fiddling expenses, electoral fraud and bullying.
Police Crime Commissioners (PCCs) "do three times as much" work as police authorities did, the PCC for Dorset told Daybreak.
Martyn Underhill was sceptical about the results of a survey which suggested most people had no idea who their PCC was.
"I've heard the stats this morning about one in three people haven't heard of Police Crime Commissioners. Well that is a success story. One in eight people hadn't heard of Police Crime Commissioners this time last year.
"And how many people know the name of their own MP?"
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.