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.

EASTWOOD GETS A VISIT FROM THE PCC

Dr Alan Billings South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner visited the Eastwood area of Rotherham to meet local business leaders and hear about some of the issues that had a bearing on policing.

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.

STATEMENT AFTER SAD LOSS OF HARRY HARPHAM MP

"I was very distressed to hear that Harry had died. We knew he was ill, but the suddenness of his death has been a great shock.

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

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.

Encouraging the police

It is now a year since I became Police and Crime Commissioner. I was elected in fairly miserable circumstances. Public pressure had forced my predecessor to resign in the wake of the child sexual exploitation scandals.

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.

SHIREGREEN COMMUNITY FORUM

Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, addressed the Shiregreen Community Forum about policing issues on Monday, 18 May.

DONCASTER COUNCILLORS DISCUSS POLICING ISSUES WITH PCC

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dr Alan Billings and the Doncaster District Commander Chief Superintendent Richard Tweed met with the newly elected members of Doncaster Borough Council in the council chamber last week.

POLICE IN ROTHERHAM HOST THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER

Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner went out with police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) in Rotherham on Tuesday, 12 May.