DIP Futures Project and Police & Crime Commissioners

West Midlands DIP Clinic 13 June 2012 Richard Jolley Reducing Reoffending Unit Home Office

Police and Crime Commissioners

Police and Crime Commissioners will have responsibility for:  Appointing the Chief Constable (CC) and holding them to account for the running of their force  Setting out a five 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 November 2012. PCCs

will take office on

22 November 2012.

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Police and Crime Commissioner Role

Strategic direction and accountability for policing.

[Protocol] Ensuring value for money.

Working with partners to cut crime.

Scope of the role

Contributing to regional and national policing.

[Strategic Policing Requirement] Representing the public, the vulnerable and victims.

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Police and Crime Plans

PCCs must set out their five year police and crime plan by

March 2013

Policing services from the Chief Constable (or other providers in consultation with the Chief Constable) Wider services to tackle crime and drugs and keep communities safe Police and crime plan Services for victims of crime (dependent on the outcome of consultation) 4

PCC Funding

2011/12 Partnership funding Local Authorities via DCLG and to Welsh CSPs Crime & Drugs Grants Local partnerships & agencies, VCS etc.

Main Policing Pot (core central govt. grants and precept) 2012/13 Local authorities via DCLG and to Welsh CSPs Continue with 2011/12 arrangements nationally

PCCs

Police Authorities Pre-election Police Authorities Post-election

PCCs

2013/14 PCC Community Safety Fund Main Policing Pot (for PCCs) 2014/15

One PCC pot

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DIP Futures Project – Aims & Objectives

– To

support local areas and other partners

during the transition year 2012/13 to

mitigate the risk of disinvestment

in services for drug misusing offenders; – To

mitigate risks arising from disinvestment

in services for drug misusing offenders during the transition year; – To support local areas in the

development of their evidence base

to

support bids for continued funding from PCCs

for services to tackle drug-misusing offenders; – To ensure the

rationale for continuing with local approaches to tackling drug misusing offenders

is well-understood at the local level in the

wider context of IOM

; – To make

effective links to wider PCC transition work

within the Home Office and externally, and also to

other relevant reform agendas

(namely

health

and criminal justice system reform). 6

DIP Futures Project

– Project seeks to support local areas in making the case for

continuing local approaches

to tackling drug-misusing offenders. – There are

nine

workstreams within the project, including: – Funding; – Toolkits and information; – Treatment links; and – Messaging and communication. – The

Project Board

, which acts as a senior advisory group, first met in May and second meeting to be held in July – and will work with the project team to capture and mitigate risks and issues. – Home Office will send regular transition year, and seek views on what resources and support you would find useful from us.

bulletins

to partners throughout the 7

What can you do now to prepare for PCCs?

– Marshall evidence base and value for money of current programmes to support PCC investment decisions.

– Understand how a PCC’s arrival may affect current programme funding – Home Office funding statement due shortly.

– Initiate discussions with other partners across your police force area – do you have any shared priorities and how might you get a PCC interested?

– Engage with your existing Police Authority Chief Executive and the PCC transition programme underway in your force area.

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Further information

–

PCC web page:

www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/police/police-crime commissioners/ –

Reducing Reoffending web pages:

www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/reducing-reoffending –

Other queries:

email: [email protected]

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