Police and Crime Plan  Police Funding 
1. Governance of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

2. List of Police and Crime Commissioners

3. See also

4. References

}}The Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is an elected official charged with securing efficient and effective policing within the County. The position replaces the now abolished police authorities. The PCC is elected for four-year terms. The first incumbents were elected on 15 November 2012.

The current PCC is Mr. Stephen Mold who was elected to office on 5 May 2016 to a term expiring in May 2020.

The core functions of the PCC is to secure the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force within Northamptonshire, and to hold the Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police to account for the delivery of the police and crime plan. The PCC is also charged with holding the police fund (from which all policing in the County is financed) and raising the local policing precept from council tax. Lastly, the PCC is responsible for the appointment, suspension and dismissal of the Chief Constable.

Police and Crime Plan

Shortly after their election to office, the PCC is required to produce a Police and Crime Plan. The plan must include their objectives for policing, what resources will be provided to the Chief Constable and how performance will be measured. Both the PCC and the Chief Constable must have regard to the Police and Crime Plan in the exercise of their duties. The PCC is required to produce an annual report to the public on progress in policing. The Police and Crime Plan 2014-2017 is Northamptonshire Police’s foundation document.

Police Funding

The PCC is charged with managing the 'police fund', from which all policing is financed. The bulk of funding for the police fund comes from the Home Office in the form of an annual grant (calculated on a proportionate basis by the Home Office to take into account the differences between the 43 forces in England and Wales, which vary significantly in terms of population, geographical size, crime levels and trends), though the PCC has the authority to set a precept on the Council Tax to raise additional funds. The PCC is responsible for setting the budget for the Force, which includes allocating enough money from the overall policing budget to ensure that they can discharge their own functions effectively.

Governance of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

In April 2018, the Home Office approved plans proposed by the current PCC, Stephen Mold to transfer governance of the county's Fire and Rescue service over to his office to create an "Office of Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner". This would also entail a job role change to become the "Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner" (PFCC).

This change of governance was expected to happen in Autumn 2018 but due to many legal issues with such a change it has been postponed and a date of 1 January 2019 has been set for the change.

This new role would replace the role of 57 council members which is why it faced a minor backlash in the public consultations but it was deemed that having a single person accountable for the Fire Service would be better than a panel of councilors. The change would also see Northants Police and the Fire and Rescue Service sharing office space, vehicle maintenance depot, fuel depots and even stations which would lower the cost of each service dramatically.^[1][2][3]

List of Police and Crime Commissioners

See also

• British government departments
• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Home Secretary
• Shadow Home Secretary

References

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