ENGAGEMENT TEAM VISIT MALTBY LIBRARY FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION

The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Engagement Team visited Maltby Library on Wednesday 26 October to talk with local residents about policing priorities.

ASSISTANT POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCED

Dr Alan Billings the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner is pleased to announce that the successful candidate for the part-time role of Assistant Police and Crime Commissioner advertised in June 2016, is Sioned-Mair Richards.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER CALLS FOR THE REMOVAL OF CHIEF CONSTABLE DAVID CROMPTON

At the conclusion of a lengthy statutory process, the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Dr Alan Billings, has made his decision to call for Chief Constable David Crompton to resign, with immediate effect.

The police are the public, and the public are the police

Police in this country are largely an unarmed service. This is a tradition we value. It dates back to the time when Sir Robert Peel founded the first police force, the London Metropolitan, when he was Home Secretary between 1822 and 1827.

SECTION 38 PROCESS REFERRED TO SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE CRIME PANEL

The Section 38 process, set in motion by the suspension of the Chief Constable by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, has now reached the next stage.

STEPHEN WATSON JOINS SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE AS INTERIM CHIEF CONSTABLE

The next South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable, Stephen Watson, will take up the post as Interim Chief Constable from Monday 25 July.

Policing by consent

We often say that policing in this country is by consent. What we mean is that what the police do is broadly speaking what we want them to do. They tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.

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.

PREFERRED CANDIDATE SELECTED FOR CHIEF CONSTABLE

Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Watson has been selected as the preferred candidate for new Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police by the Police and Crime Commissioner, Dr Alan Billings.

INTERIM CHIEF CONSTABLE APPOINTED AT SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Dr Alan Billings, has appointed a new interim Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, until a permanent Chief Constable is recruited and appointed to the post in due course. 

POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER SUSPENDS SOUTH YORKSHIRE’S CHIEF CONSTABLE

Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner said: “Following the result of the verdicts yesterday, the continuing criticism that has been directed at the Chief Constable and the eroding trust and confidence in South Yorkshire Police I

INDEPENDENT POLICING PROTESTS ADVISORY PANEL

The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has established an Independent Policing Protests Advisory Panel to work with South Yorkshire Police in the planning and learning stages of managing protests and marches.