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Police & Crime Commissioner – Durham Constabulary

PCCs are elected by the public to hold Chief Constables and the force to account, thus making the police answerable to the communities they serve. PCCs ensure community needs are met as effectively as possible and are improving local relationships through building confidence

Published: 15 February 2022

The Role Of The PCC

PCCs (Police and Crime Commissioners) are elected by the public to hold Chief Constables and the force to account, thus making the police answerable to the communities they serve. PCCs ensure community needs are met as effectively as possible and are improving local relationships through building confidence and restoring trust.

They work in partnership across a range of agencies at local and national level to ensure there is a unified approach to preventing and reducing crime.

PCC’s were introduced by the Government through the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act (2011), Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will be expected to cut crime and deliver effective and efficient policing.

Police and Crime Commissioner’s newsletters and Performance and Delivery Updates

To access the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) regular newsletters click https://www.durham-pcc.gov.uk/news-and-events/newsletters and for the latest PCC Performance and Delivery Update. The newsletter includes articles informing of the latest initiatives whereas the latter includes more statistics with key indicator comparisons over time and with other Police Forces.

Our current PCC is Joy Allen. Please click on the links below for further information.

PCC Website

Police and Crime Plan

The Police and Crime Plan for 2021-24 was published on the 16th of December 2021. You can read the full Police and Crime Plan.

The draft version of the plan was approved by the Police and Crime Panel by PCC Joy Allen on the 19th of July 2021. The Police and Crime Plan sets out the PCC’s Vision, the outcomes they wish to achieve, along with six key priority areas which will be the focus over the life of the plan. The PCC has reached out to the communities in the Durham Police area in her first six months of office to understand exactly what areas of crime and safety matter most to them and impact on their quality of life.

The results have enabled Mrs Allen to develop a robust three-year action plan to help improve life for local people, reduce their risk and fear of crime, increase their confidence in reporting crime and target policing resources where they matter most. Building on a hugely successful first six months, the PCC’s Police and Crime Plan outlines six key priorities:

  • Safer Business
  • Safer Communities
  • Safer Online
  • Safer People
  • Safer Roads
  • Safer Countryside

The results have enabled Mrs Allen to develop a robust three-year action plan to help improve life for local people, reduce their risk and fear of crime, increase their confidence in reporting crime and target policing resources where they matter most.

 

Reporting Anti Social Behaviour

The PCCs Chief of Staff presented information to Parish Councils about the Governments ABS Plan. We heard at the presentation that the key areas in which town and parish councils of delivery can be involved in the ASB Action Plan, of which Durham is a pilot area over the next year could be:

  • Supporting ASB Week, 3-9 July through own media/supporting partner communications
  • Promoting the key messages of ASB week including how residents/communities can report ASB and sharing info about the, to be launched ‘ASB case Review’ (formerly Community Trigger), by which people who have experienced 3 or more incidents of ASB can ask for agencies eg police and principal council, to review their response to their reports. These details will be included in the govt and PCC comms which are awaited.
  • Providing proposals for local reparation activities for those who commit ASB, providing funding to match ASB ‘hotspot’ work or accessing funding from the PCC to deliver projects.

Please click on the link for more information about the government’s new Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan

 

To report any incidents of ASB please see below for more information:

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