Chris Jones, Labour: "We come together to discuss and decide issues - its vital that the PCC is a political role as they need to be part of debates and work with people with similar views."

Asked whether he would challenge the Home Secretary over budget cuts, Lorne Green (Conservative) said: "I'm seeking to be PCC, representing the Conservatives but I'm my own man" . 

Jacky Howe, Liberal Democrat: "I have personal concerns about legalising cannabis  - marijuana can lead to paranoia. It should remain illegal."

Martin Schmierer, Green: "We want better collaboration between the different forces - but the focus where forces have merged, like Scotland, has gone on the towns and cities."

Jacky Howe, Liberal Democrat: "There's room for creativity within the element of budget controlled by the PCC - that money could be used creatively by whoever's in charge." 

David Moreland, UKIP: "The cost of a link between Norfolk and Suffolk would cost a fortune - this role should be non-political and down to knowledge and experience."  

Stephen Bett, Independent: "The only thing the PCC has complete control over is local policing... we are working to save at least £50m by co-operating with all other forces locally."

Lorne Green, Conservative: "Further collaboration with neighbouring counties offers the possibility of further cost reduction." 

Chris Jones, Labour: "We need to challenge the government."

Who wants to see more bobbies on the beat? The answer is "yes" from Martin Schmierer (Green), Lorne Green (Conservative) and (pictured) David Moreland (UKIP).

Stephen Bett, Independent: Dealing with mental health cases, domestic violence, sexual abuse of children and cyber crime. 

Chris Jones, Labour: Hidden crime, like sexual abuse and cyber crime - also rural crime. 

Martin Schmierer, Green - More community policing.

Lorne Green, Conservative: Anti-social behaviour, reckless driving and rural crime - and more police on the beat.

Jacky Howe, Liberal Democrat: Cyber crime and rural crime.

David Moreland, UKIP: I agree with all the others, and also a rise in organised crime 

UKIP candidate David Moreland. a former Metropolitan Police detective, describes the role of PCC as "policing the police for the people on the ground".

He says cyber crime is an issue that should be dealt with at a national level. Other issues facing the county that need to be addressed are domestic abuse, child sexual exploitation and organised crime, he says.

Image source, David Moreland

A police presence is needed on the streets, both locally and rurally, says Mr Moreland, adding: "I could stand by Norwich market on a Saturday, with hundreds of thousands of people walking by and not see a copper all day... never mind in the villages." 

Jacky Howe, for the Liberal Democrats, says she doesn't see the role of PCC as an office job, and would spend her the first 100 days on whistlestop tour of the county in her own battlebus, to make her face "visible and reassure people that she's approachable".

Image source, Jaquie Howe

Describing Norfolk as a safe county, she says crime is changing significantly and the police need to be able to react to that - with Norfolk in the front-line for people coming across from the Continent.

"The biggest threats are those that are happening but not being dealt with... we need to be prepared to be proactive in working with international arrest warrants," she said.

Labour candidate Dr Chris Jones has said he's not in it to "build empires", and that the PCC should be a "strong voice for public opinion."

Dr Chris Jones, a retired consultant psychiatrist, said Norfolk already had a low rate of crime and was a safe place to live, adding: "We need to look at what we're doing well and why and build on that success."

Image source, Chris Jones

Dr Jones says he sees the role of the PCC as one of identifying priorities that the people of Norfolk want focused on and tackling major crimes such as cyber crime, sexual abuse and people-trafficking. 

Independent candidate Stephen Bett has already had four years in the post and is hoping to be re-elected.

He says the role of policing has changed dramatically, with a lot of crime happening behind closed doors, such as computer crime, domestic and child sexual abuse. He said a presence on the street was needed, but "bobbies on the beat" would have no effect on this sort of crime.

Mr Betts would like more collaboration between neighbouring forces, with one chief constable, citing the need for "small management at the top and greater frontline capability" and adding: "We need to be big enough to cope and small enough to care." 

Martin Schmierer, the Green candidate, sees the role of the PCC as a "conduit between the people and the chief constable... to ensure the people are listened to and the residents of Norfolk get what they deserve and like."

In an interview with BBC Radio Norfolk's Nick Conrad, Mr Schmierer raised the issue of rural crime, which he says is massively under-reported.

He cited Norwich's Prince of Wales Road as being the fourth-most dangerous street in the UK for drinking, and said his party was looking into a late-night licence levy to ensure more policing in the area.

The Conservative candidate in next week's election for the role of PCC says he wouldn't have a deputy.

Lorne Green, who's lived in Norfolk for the past 30 years, told BBC Radio Norfolk that the first thing he'd do in his day in office would be to give the chief constable a cheque for £54,000 - the sum he claims a deputy earns - and ask for it to be spent on frontline operations.

Mr Green says people have raised concerns with him about the lack of visible policing on the streets, plus concerns about business and rural crime, adding: "I'd like to get some bums off seats and more police on the streets." 

And this is the budget for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

It's the responsibility of the Police and Crime Commissioner to oversee the local policing budget: 

David Moreland, external is a UKIP candidate who spent seven years in the Army and 20 years as a Metropolitan Police detective.

He says he wants to invest in local initiatives in accordance with community concerns, including support for "zero tolerance", and will keep abreast of new technologies and approaches to improve policing in the county.

Image source, Dave Moreland