Police and Crime Commissioner - coming November 2012

and crime plan and the policing of the force area; On 15 November all registered voters will be able to have their say about who they want to be the first Police and Crime be able to appoint, suspend and dismiss the chief constable; and Commissioner (PCC) for West Yorkshire. The PCC directly replaces West Yorkshire Police Authority, the own the assets of the force. group of 17 councillors and independent members of the public Chief constables will continue to have operational independence, which means they can decide where police that currently oversee West Yorkshire Police. officers and other staff will work and how policing operations The PCC will take up their office on 22 November 2012 and will be carried out. A PCC will not be able to have much the Police Authority will cease to exist at midnight on 21 influence over these decisions. November. The next election will be in May 2016 and every PCCs will be held to account by a police and crime panel. four years after that. There will be one for every force area and in West Yorkshire it The PCC will be an influential figure, responsible for overseeing the work of West Yorkshire Police on behalf of the public. They will not be doing the work currently being done by the Chief Constable. However, it will be a full-time post and they will be paid a salary.

will have 14 members on it. The members of the Panel will be made up from 12 councillors from across the five local authorities in West Yorkshire. The Panel will be able to appoint two more lay members who are not councillors.

The Panel is expected to work co-operatively with the PCC A PCC will take over the following tasks currently performed and will do the following: by police authorities: hold the PCC to account for how they carry out their role; consult the public, partners, other stakeholders such as review the police and crime plans and annual reports issued representatives of the business community and victims of by the PCC; crime in order to set local police and crime objectives; agree or reject the proposed police precept; publish a police and crime plan, which chief constables must investigate complaints made about the PCC; and then take account of; agree or reject the appointment of a chief constable. set the budget for their force and the amount people will pay For more information about police and crime commissioners in their council tax for policing (the police precept); visit the West Yorkshire Police Authority website at hold the chief constable to account for delivery of the police www.wypa.org.

Contacting Your Local Police in City & Holbeck

You can contact the police any time by calling: 999 in an emergency where there is a danger to life or a crime in progress 101 for non-emergencies If you have any information about crimes that have been committed, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. Your call is free and you may get a reward. You can also visit www.crimestoppers-uk.org Rothwell - Inspector Yvette Hammill. Telephone: 0113 397 0640 E-mail: cacommunity@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk Morley - Inspector Paul Sullivan. Telephone: 0113 238 2035 E-mail: cacommunity@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk Holbeck - Inspector Paul Akerman. Telephone: 0113 241 4629 E-mail: cacommunity@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk City - Inspector Richard Clarke. Telephone: 0113 241 3101 E-mail: cacommunity@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk