A police community support officer,or as written in legislation Community Support Officer,is a uniformed member of police staff in England and Wales,a role created by Section 38(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002,which was given Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 July 2002. They are not warranted,but hold a variety of police powers and the power of a constable in various instances by the forty-three territorial police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police.
Bedfordshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in England,which includes the unitary authorities of Bedford,Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Its headquarters are in the town of Kempston in Bedford Borough.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the local territorial police force that covers the county of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough unitary authority. It provides law enforcement and security for an area of 1,311 square miles (3,400 km2) and population of 856,000 people,in a predominantly rural county. The force of Cambridgeshire includes the cities of Cambridge,Ely and Peterborough,the market towns of Chatteris,Huntingdon,March,Ramsey,St Ives,St Neots,Whittlesey,and town and Port of Wisbech. Its emblem is a crowned Brunswick star containing the heraldic badge of Cambridgeshire County Council.
Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall in South West England. The force serves approximately 1.8 million people over an area of 3,967 square miles (10,270 km2).
Norfolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Norfolk in East Anglia,England. The force serves a population of 908,000 in a mostly rural area of 2,079 square miles (5,380 km2),including 90 miles (140 km) of coastline and 16 rivers,including the Broads National Park. Headquartered in Wymondham,Norfolk is responsible for the City of Norwich,along with King's Lynn,Great Yarmouth and Thetford. As of March 2023,the force has a strength of 1,897 police officers,163 special constables,1,318 police staff/designated officers,and 103 police support volunteers. The Chief Constable is Paul Sanford,and the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is Sarah Taylor (Labour).
Leicestershire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland in England. Its headquarters are at Enderby,Leicestershire.
Hertfordshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Hertfordshire in England. Its headquarters is in Welwyn Garden City. The current chief constable is Charlie Hall. As of March 2019,the force consists of over 1,900 police officers,235 PCSOs,and over 1500 police staff,as well as being supported by more than 410 special constables.
Humberside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the East Riding of Yorkshire,including Kingston upon Hull,and northern parts of Lincolnshire,including Grimsby and Scunthorpe.
Suffolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia,England. The force serves a population of 761,000 in a mostly rural area of 1,466 square miles,including 49 miles of coastline and the Southern part of the Broads National Park. Headquartered in Martlesham,Suffolk is responsible for Ipswich,Lowestoft,Bury St Edmunds and Felixstowe. As of March 2023,the force has a strength of approximately 1,399 police officers,116 special constables,917 police staff/designated officers,33 PCSO's and 123 police support volunteers. The Chief Constable is currently Rachel Kearton,and the Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore (Conservative).
Northamptonshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England,in the United Kingdom.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Robert Loader,is a British politician and retired senior Royal Air Force officer. He was the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 until 2016. He served in the RAF from 1972 to 2009 and was the first Commander-in-Chief Air Command.
The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. The direct election of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) was originally scheduled for May 2012 but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". The elections took place alongside by-elections for the House of Commons in Cardiff South and Penarth,Corby and Manchester Central,and a mayoral election in Bristol.
A police and crime commissioner is an elected official in England and Wales responsible for generally overseeing police services. A police,fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) is an elected official in England responsible for generally overseeing both police and fire services. Commissioners replaced now-abolished police authorities. The first were elected on 15 November 2012.
Robert Moelwyn Jones,CBE was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Wolverhampton City Council from 1980 to 2013 and as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012-14.
Colette Paul QPM is a Police Officer of the United Kingdom. She was the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
The Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner for the Gwent Police area,comprising Newport,Caerphilly,Blaenau Gwent,Torfaen and Monmouthshire. The current commissioner is Jane Mudd,who represents the Labour Party. The post was first elected in November 2012 and replaced the Gwent Police Authority as part of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
Kathryn Holloway became Bedfordshire’s first female Police and Crime Commissioner in May 2016,also leading governance for the seven police forces of Eastern England across all Counter Terrorism and Serious Organised Crime operations,until stepping down voluntarily in 2021 having stayed for a further year beyond her term to represent the interests of policing nationally in response to the Covid pandemic,including in a national exercise as a panel specialist in communications. She is a former journalist and broadcaster who reported and presented for national news services including Sky News,ITN,LBC and The Daily and Sunday Express before launching her own successful Crisis Communications consultancy. Drawing on her media experience and crisis management background,Holloway set about addressing the performance and reputation of Bedfordshire Police which had been assessed as the worst in Britain - uniquely “inadequate”among the 43 forces of England and Wales - by the police watchdog. Within three years,Holloway was publicly credited along with her two chief constables of the period with a transformation of the force to one that was now “well run”and “well led”who declared Bedfordshire Police to now be “good’in all areas inspected. Notably,Holloway had succeeded in persuading the Home Office,after decades of resistance,of the special policing challenges on her patch,from terrorism and gang violence to organised crime,persuading it to change the qualifications for its Special Police Grants to ease funding and staffing shortfalls to address these,winning four in succession to pay for increased officers and specific operations targeting gun crime and organised crime groups worth £16m.
Festus Akinbusoye is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 to 2024. He was the first black Briton to serve as a Police and Crime Commissioner.
Emily Elizabeth Spurrell is a British politician serving as Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside since 2021. A member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party,she served as a member of Liverpool City Council from 2012 to 2021.
