He stood as an independent candidate for North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2016 election.
[2] He left North Yorkshire Police at the rank of Temporary Sergeant in 2007, having secured a publishing deal.
[3] Ahead of the 2010 general election, Pannett published a manifesto in The Yorkshire Post detailing what he believed should be the policing priorities for the political parties.
[1] In December 2015, Pannett announced his plans to stand as an independent candidate for North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2016 election.
Announcing his candidacy, he said: "I cannot stand by and watch policing levels and capacity regressing back to the 1970's.