POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONERS
VCS CRIMINAL JUSTICE FORUM
21 JUNE 2012
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Dorset Police Authority
• Maintaining an efficient and effective
police service in Dorset
• Setting policing priorities
• Agreeing the budget & council tax precept
• Holding the Chief Constable to account
• Consulting local people
• Being abolished in November 2012 &
replaced with a single, elected Police &
Crime Commissioner (PCC)!
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The PCC - Key Aims
• Cutting crime and delivering an effective and efficient police service
within a force area.
• Stronger and more transparent accountability of the police with an
elected PCC holding the chief constable and the force to account
• Meeting community needs and improving local relationships by
building confidence and trust
• Chief Constables and PCCs jointly ensuring effective management
of the police budget and securing value for money on behalf of the
public
• Effective working relationships between Chief Constables, PCCs
and Police and Crime Panels. Operational independence of the
Police is not compromised
• Working in partnership locally and nationally to ensure a unified
approach to preventing and reducing crime
The PCC is the voice of the people in policing
The Chief Constable is the professional voice of policing
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Background
• Legislation enacted 15 September 2011
• Terms of Reference for the Transition
Project agreed 22 September 2011
• Inaugural meeting 8 November 2011
• Jointly chaired between Force/Authority
• Project team established in November
• Individual workstream leads taking forward
9 areas of work
• PCC Election – 15 November 2012
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• PCC takes up office – 22 Nov 2012
Project Workstreams
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Financial and Contractual issues
Transfer of Staff and Assets
Elections and Candidate management
Checks and Balances
Planning Processes
Partnerships
Complaints
OPCC
Force Arrangements
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Project Workstreams
Workstream 1: Financial and Contractual Arrangements
• Scheme of Consent
• Revised Financial Regulations
and Standing Orders on
Contracts
• Policy on Reserves and
Provisions
• Revised Accounting
Arrangements –
Group/PCC/CC
• Revised Internal/External Audit
arrangements
• Establishment of an
Independent Audit Committee
• Revised Treasury
Management Arrangements
• Securing Value for Money
• Vat Implications and liabilities
• Insurance arrangements
• Develop Information Sharing
Arrangements
• PCC Expenses and
remuneration scheme
• Commissioning Framework
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Project Workstreams
Workstream 5: Planning Processes
Police and Crime Plan
- Strategic Assessment
- Priority setting
- Strategic Policing Requirement
• Budget Setting and Precept
• Connected workstreams
(Commissioning and Partnerships)
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Project Workstreams
Workstream 6: Partnership
Arrangements
Effective Partnership Relationships
• Alignment of Planning Arrangements
• Governance and Accountability
structures
• Review of Partnership Meetings
• Victim Support (national consultation)
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• Voluntary Sector Forum
Ensuring a smooth transition
ACCOUNTABILITY, DECISION MAKING AND RELATIONSHIPS
• Explore the options for finalisation when the PCC has been elected
and in liaison with the Chief Constable.
• A ‘single organisation’ model implying joint PCC/Force reporting and
decision making structures.
• ‘Healthy tension with appropriate challenge’ in a mutually trusting
relationship that will ultimately support high quality policing,
community safety and criminal justice outcomes.
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Jason Mumford
Policy Officer – Dorset Police Authority
(01202 or 01305) 223966
.transition@dorset.police.pnn.uk
www.dpa.police.uk
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