Police and Crime Commissioners

In the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act the Government has set out plans to introduce Police and Crime Commissioners and that Police Authorities will be abolished. The Government are introducing this new arrangement as it believes that the public will be better served by someone who is directly elected.

The first elections will be held in November 2012 and a single Commissioner will be elected for each force area for a four year term.

The Government outlines five key roles for the role of the Police and Crime Commissioner as:

representing all those who live and work in the communities in their force area and identifying their policing needs
setting priorities that meet those needs by agreeing a local strategic plan for the force
holding the Chief Constable to account for achieving these priorities as efficiently and effectively as possible
setting the force budget and setting the precept
hiring and if necessary dismissing the Chief Constable

The Commissioner will be overseen by a new Police and Crime Panel which will primarily consist of representatives of all Local Authorities in a Force's geographical area. The Panel is intended as a check and balance on the Police and Crime Commissioner, rather than on the Force itself.

Police Authority Business Plan 2011/12

This is our second Business Plan which shapes the work required to deliver our ongoing improvement programme and to prepare ourselves for the transition from Police Authority to Office of the Police and
Crime Commissioner.

Home Office Statement September 2011

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

The Home Office is producing a series of bulletins regarding the establishment of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and in particular on their potential relationship with other local leaders. They will keep you informed about what is happening and local opportunities for partners to get involved.

For the latest bulletins please click on the link below:-

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/police/police-crime-comms-bulletin/

For more information on the elections please click on the link below:-

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/police/police-crime-commissioners/

You may also find out more about Leicestershire Police through Leicestershire Police - An in-depth look at our organistation or visiting their site directly here.

The Police Authority is producing a regular newsletter on progress with the transition work and this can be viewed here:

Information Leaflet for Partners & Stakeholders - 1st Edition
Information Leaflet for Partners & Stakeholders - 2nd Edition - April 2012
Police and Crime Commissioner Workshop Event 17 April 2012
The outputs from a workshop which took place at the Leicestershire Force Area Community Safety Board meeting on 17th April.
Policing Protocol
The Protocol sets out how the new policing governance arrangements will work. It clarifies the role and responsibilities of police and crime commissioners, the mayor's office for policing and crime, chief constables, police and crime panels and the London assembly police and crime panel. It outlines what these bodies are expected to do and how they should work together to fight crime and improve policing.
Shadow Strategic Policing Requirement
The Home Secretary has published a non statutory 'Shadow Strategic Policing Requirement' (Shadow SPR), which sets out her view (as Home Secretary) of the national threats that the police must address and the appropriate national policing capabilities required to counter those threats. This is a statement of the collective capabilities that police forces across England and Wales will be expected to have in place in order to protect the public from cross-boundary threats such as terrorism, civil emergencies, public disorder and organised crime. The 'Shadow SPR' does not, at this stage, have statutory effect, but policing partners are strongly encouraged to have regard to it when exercising their responsibilities and to use this as an opportunity to test and learn from it before the statutory SPR is issued next summer. Both police and crime commissioners and chief constables will be required to have regard to the 'Strategic Policing Requirement' from November 2012 in their planning and resource allocation.
Transition Governance Framework
The purpose of this document is to define the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Transition Governance Framework (TGF), to form the basis for its programme management arrangements.

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Police and Crime Commissioners

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