Police and Crime Commissioners Session 2 Working in Partnership with Police and Crime Commissioners

2 This session will look at: What the legislation saysWhat this means for you How you might work with your PCC

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 shifts power away from Whitehall bureaucrats and, through Police and Crime Commissioners, into the hands of the public. Supported by Removal of targets Crime maps Beat meetings 101 Community Engagement

Police and Crime Commissioners 4 Police and Crime Commissioners who will have responsibility for:  Appointing the Chief Constable (CC) and holding them to account for the running of their force  Setting out a 5 year Police and Crime Plan (in consultation with the CC) determining local policing priorities. Setting the annual local precept and annual force budget  Making community safety grants to a range of organisations The first PCC elections will take place on 15 th November 2012 and they will take office on 22 nd November 2012.

Police and Crime Commissioner Role 5 Scope of the role Strategic direction and accountability for policing. [Protocol] Working with partners to cut crime. Representing the public, the vulnerable and victims. Contributing to regional and national policing. [Strategic Policing Requirement] Ensuring value for money.

Police and Crime Plans 6 PCCs must set out their 5 year police and crime plan by March 2013 Police and crime plan Policing services from the Chief Constable (or other providers - in consultation with the Chief Constable). Services for victims of crime (dependent on the outcome of consultation) Wider services to tackle crime and drugs and keep communities safe

PCC Funding /122013/142012/13 Partnership funding Crime & Drugs Grants Local Authorities via DCLG and to Welsh CSPs Local authorities via DCLG and to Welsh CSPs PCC community safety fund Main Policing Pot (for PCCs) PCCs Main Policing Pot (Core central govt. grants and precept) Local partnerships & agencies, VCS etc. Police Authorities Continue with 2011/12 arrangements nationally Police Authorities 2014/15 One PCC pot Pre-electionPost-election PCCs

Opportunities for collective leadership 8  Need to maximise collective leadership between PCC, community safety, justice, health and other partners, to ensure the needs of the public are met  Freedom to commission services from other bodies  Opportunities for broader collaboration on joint priorities, across reform agendas e.g. health reforms and troubled families work  PCC will take a strategic overview across local partnerships, seeking ways to drive and coordinate action across their area

Legislative framework 9 Working together Reciprocal duties to co- operate Reciprocal duty to have regard to priorities PCC power to require a report from a CSP PCP oversight

Legislative framework – duties to co-operate 10 Legislation provides a flexible framework for co-operation Intention is to enable collective local leadership on crime and justice Deliberately broad and flexible, to allow local flexibility and innovation Community Safety Section 10(1) & 10(2) (Police Authority) Fire & Rescue Health (PCT / LHB) Local Authority Criminal Justice Section 10(3) CPS HMCTS Prison Probation YOT Police Probation

Police and Crime Panels 11  Will be established in each force area to provide regular, public scrutiny of the PCC.  Will be locally determined.  Under a duty to support, as well as challenge, the PCC.  They do not replace the police authority. That is the role of the police and crime commissioner  They are not a super-partnership. Although strong local partnership working will be vital.

How ready are local areas? 12 Lessons learnt: Deep Dive Autumn 2011  Partnership the need for the right people to engage at the right level early, in order to ensure local strategic discussion and alignment with PCC  Scrutinysome areas are placing a lot of emphasis on PCP, but Ministers are clear that this is intended as light-touch scrutiny body only  SimplificationPCCs provide an opportunity to consider the current partnership landscape and what might be done locally to simplify this.  Localismfit between national and local services presents challenges.  Information We are providing appropriate advice and guidance on the framework but Ministers want to maximise local flexibility  Clarity HO messaging coordinated through PCC bulletin, website and inbox -

What are the Home Office doing? 13 The Home Office will be producing:  secondary legislation  a statement for partners, setting out the legislative framework and the commissioning role of PCCs [completed]  tailored information for specific audiences e.g. elected members [spring]  guidance explaining the legislation around police and crime panels [spring]  induction pack for incoming PCCs [summer]  evidence to inform PCCs of benefits of approaches in preventing crime and reducing re-offending [summer] All of this work is being overseen by a Ministerial Transition Board, ensuring the fit with other reform programmes

Further Information PCC web page: commissioners/ Enquiries: 14