CHIEF CONSTABLE PUBLISHES REPORT ON SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE

At the beginning of May, Chief Constable Dave Jones and Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings, asked the College of Policing for support in considering the force’s operational and organisational capability and capacity.

On the front-line

Where is the front-line when it comes to policing? This is the question I found myself thinking about more and more during the course of the recent elections for Police and Crime Commissioner in South Yorkshire.

REFRESHED POLICE AND CRIME PLAN

Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, has launched on his website a renewed version of his Police and Crime Plan for 2013-17.

DR ALAN BILLINGS – MY TIME IN OFFICE

My time in office ends in May. So I thought I might briefly look back over this past fifteen months. This is a snapshot of a few of the things I have been involved with.

KEEPING UP WITH THE KHANS

RESPONSE ON HMICFRS PEEL EFFECTIVENESS REPORT FEBRUARY 2016

Statement from Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner: “HMIC reports are useful for me when I hold the force to account. They help me see more clearly the areas that need greater attention.

ROTHER VALLEY SOUTH AREA ASSEMBLY MEETING

Dr Alan Billings, the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire, and Chief Superintendent Jason Harwin, District Commander for Rotherham, were guest speakers at a packed meeting of the Rother Valley South Area Assembly in Woodsetts Village Hall.

POLICE BUDGET CONSULTATION 2016/17

One of the responsibilities I have as Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is to set the annual budget for policing. A small proportion of the cost of policing is paid from council tax (25%) with the rest coming directly from the Government via the police

NEW YEAR MESSAGE

2015 was not an easy year, not least because of two big legacy issues. As Police and Crime Commissioner I first had to help the force come to terms with the findings of Alexis Jay's report into child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rotherham

PCC RESPONDS TO POLICE GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

“In his statement in November the Chancellor said that the police grant for next year would be the same as this however, we now learn first that the grant is reduced by almost £1m and second that we are expected to raise additional funding by increasing t

CHANCELLOR’S SPENDING REVIEW

I very much welcome the fact that the funding for policing is not going to be cut in any draconian way.

Maintaining community policing

For the past five years, all over the country, the number of police officers has been reducing. In South Yorkshire we have seen a fall of over five hundred. Yet, on the whole, crime has kept going down.