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The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act received Royal Assent on Thursday, 15th September 2011. It introduces directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to replace Police Authorities.
In November 2012 the public will elect the first Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC’s). They will, for the first time, give the public a direct say in the policing of their area.
Police and Crime Commissioners will set the policing priorities for their force area, commission services needed to reduce crime and improve community safety, and set the police precept. Strong local partnership working will ensure that the best outcomes are delivered for communities.
The Home Office is holding a series of events designed to inform local planning and preparations for the transition and give the opportunity to learn about and consider the relationship between PCCs and partners.
The events have been organised in police force area clusters to allow the opportunity to work with your local organisations (please attend the event to which you were invited). The events will include workshops and interactive sessions and will be split into three sessions.
Session 1: Scrutiny workshop
This session is open to:
- Scrutiny Officers
- Scrutiny Committee Chairs
- Police Authority
- Police
- CSP Chairs
- Heads of Legal Services
The workshop will provide the opportunity to:
- Consider Local Authorities’ role in establishing Police and Crime Panels, the requirements for setting them up and membership
- Examine the powers and role of the panels
- There will also be an opportunity to consider how complaints will be dealt with.
Session 2: Partnership working workshop
This session is open to:
- Local Authority lead for Community Safety
- Police – Senior Officer/Partnership lead
- Probation Trust Chief Executives
- Chief Fire Officers
- Primary Care Trust Chief Executives
- CSP Chairs
- CSP Managers
- LCJB Chairs
- YOT Managers
- Directors of Public Health – where in place
- DAATs/SMATs Managers
- Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector umbrella organisations
- Crown Prosecution Service
- HMCTS
The session will give the opportunity to:
- Consider how you might work with your local partners to prepare for the incoming PCC
- Understand the role of the PCC and what legal powers he/she will have
- The links and relationships between PCCs and partners, the powers PCCs will have in relation to community safety partnerships and what the reciprocal duty to cooperate means
- Learn about the PCC’s commissioning role and what this will mean at a local level, including the implications for CSPs, YOTs, drug & alcohol teams, health services and offender management
Attendance at sessions 1 and 2
Please note if you are considering attending both sessions 1 and 2, some overlap exists between them. Each session has a specific focus, with session 1 restricted to issues around Police and Crime Panels; and session 2 focusing on partnership working. Discussion is centred on the respective issues, and you should therefore choose the session which is most suited to your remit.
Session 3: Police and Local Authority leaders
This session is open to:
- Local Authority Chief Execs
- Council Leaders
- Elected Mayors
- Chief Constables
- Police Authority Chief Execs
- Police Authority Chairs
The session will:
- Examine the critical role between the PCC, Police and Local Authority strategic leaders
Please note that the Leaders session is held at a senior level. Invitees are local authority leaders and chief executives, police authority chairs and chief executives, chief constables, and elected mayors. Unless you have been asked specifically to represent one of these roles, you should register for an alternative session. Organisations that send a representative should seek to ensure they are sufficiently senior.