Police and Crime Commissioners
Police and Crime Commissioners
The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill has now become an Act. This means that Police Authorities will be abolished and replaced by Police and Crime Commissioners. People will go to the polls on Thursday 15 November 2012 to vote.
We have established a Transition Boad to oversee implementation of changes arising from the Act and to enable the smooth and effective transition to new arrangements.
The PCC will have the following key roles:
- Representing and engaging with communities
- Setting priorities for the Force and preparing the annual Police and Crime Plan
- Holding the Chief Constable to account
- Setting the Force budget and setting the council tax precept
- Appointing (and dismissing) the Chief Constable
- Publishing an annual report stating how priorities and targets have been met and other information as specified by the Secretary of State to enable greater public awareness of polce and crime performance in the area
The first elections will be held in November and a single Commissioner will be eleceted for each force area on a four year term.
More background information on PCCs their work, how they will achieve their aims, and other questions are answered in the further information section on the Home Office Website
Information booklet: Have you got what it takes? - for anyone wanting to know more about what it means to be a police and crime commissioner.
Information booklet: What partners need to know - information for partners on the changes to expect and how they should work with PCCs.
Shadow strategic policing requirement - sets out the Home Secretary's view of the national threats that the police must address and the appropriate national policing capabilities required to counter those threats.
The Policing Protocol sets out how the new policing governance arrangements will work. It clarifies the role and responsibilities of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC), 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 are expected to work together to fight crime and improve policing.