Police and Crime Commissioners' Bulletin 3 September 2012

Photo of Cllr Mehboob Khan

Dear colleagues,

 

I hope you have had a good summer and are continuing to enjoy the festivities with the Paralympic Games taking place at the moment.
 
We have had a very busy summer here at the LGA. We have issued our guide on how police and crime panels might conduct confirmation hearings alongside an anti-social behaviour guide highlighting the experiences and learning from the call handling and case management trials in Cambridgeshire and South Wales; we were part of the group that successfully lobbied Lord Justice Goldring to issue revised guidance to allow magistrates to stand for election as police and crime commissioners and to sit on police and crime panels; and we continue to promote how councils can work with PCCs through our 101 ways list (on twitter #PCC101).
 
There has been a lot in the news recently about candidates who have stood down because they may have been involved in criminal misdemeanours in their youth. I wrote to the Policing Minister Nick Herbert in August to call for changes in the statutory provisions so as not to exclude suitable candidates (many of whom have decades of valuable skills, expertise, knowledge and experience) from being able to stand. I will update you on the progress we make.
 
As part of the LGA's work and research on PCCs we have developed a new survey so that we can better understand the priorities and background of PCC candidates. You should have received your survey via email on Friday 31 August but please contact pacca@local.gov.uk if you have not. We will of course share the results with you when the survey is complete.
 
I have caught up with a number of candidates over the summer and know that with just over two months until the election you are busy pulling together your manifestoes and campaigning in your communities. Do let me know if there are ways my colleagues or I might be able to assist.

 

 

Yours faithfully,

Signature of Cllr Mehboob Khan
Councillor Mehboob Khan
Chairman, LGA Safer and Stronger Communities Board 

Core briefing

 

Trading standards role involves working with the police on a daily basis to safeguard communities, tackle crime and protect public health. Our joint briefing with the Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers and Trading Standards Institute looks in more detail at the services trading standards provide. 
 

 

From our perspective - news from our partners

Juliet Lyon from the Prison Reform Trust looks at why PCC candidates should seek to build on the proven measures to reduce offending and avoid the temptation of stoking public fear of crime. 

 

Need-to-know briefing

Human trafficking is international organised crime, with the exploitation of human beings for profit at its heart. This briefing note from the Counter Human Trafficking Bureau looks in more detail at the issues. 

 

Regional focus 

In this bulletin we take a closer look at the Yorkshire and Humber region. This briefing features data presented using our online intelligent data tool, LG Inform, which can tailor information at a regional, police force or local authority level. 

Read our Yorkshire and Humber briefing

In the media

 

 

6 September 2012

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