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The latest news from the Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner
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Monthly update: September 2016
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I want to start this month's newsletter with a big thank you to everyone who took part in my consultation on the Police and Crime Plan. Making sure that your views on policing and community safety are fully taken into account is hugely important to me, as is ensuring the plan meets the needs of all communities - so to have more than 1,000 responses from right across the county is very pleasing.
The thrust of the responses show broad support for all of the major elements the Police and Crime Plan will cover, but I also want to make sure it takes into account the more detailed additional comments you have given, including those made via social media. It will take a little time to collate all of the feedback but I will publish a full report of the findings on my website in due course.
This week has also seen the results published of a major survey by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), which looked at public attitudes towards the police. It's an interesting piece of research by Ipsos MORI which was actually conducted last summer but is nonetheless still relevant today. Some of the questions it asked covered similar ground to my own consultation and it is encouraging that HMIC found that 76 percent of people are satisfied with policing - but clearly that still leaves room for improvement.
The HMIC survey covered quite a wide range of issues with more than 70 pages of detailed analysis, so I will be looking at this carefully to understand the full implications over the coming weeks. In the meantime, work continues on putting together the Police and Crime Plan, which will be ready for release in draft form in the Autumn.
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Philip Seccombe
Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner
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Deputy PCC
You may recall that back in July I began a recruitment process to find a Deputy to work alongside myself and help deliver the Police and Crime Plan. I was pleased to receive a healthy number of applicants and after shortlisting, a formal interview process took place last month.
Unfortunately, none of the candidates were ultimately suitable to take on the role at this time and I have therefore been unable to make an appointment. While this is clearly disappointing, I have been clear from the outset that I wanted to make the appointment on merit and would not do so if I did not feel I had found the right person for the role.
I will take some time to consider my options and in the meantime will continue to operate without a Deputy.
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