Police and Crime Commissioners: Generation 2.0
This briefing outlines key areas and activities which Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidates should prioritise for the benefit of their communities. It highlights examples of PCCs and local structures governing policing and community safety working better with the voluntary sector. In the run up to the 2016 PCC elections, we believe that working with the voluntary sector is key to cutting crime. There are several ways of doing this. By prioritising these in election manifestos and 2016-2020 police and crime plans, PCCs will be able to cut crime and improve community safety.
The briefing focuses on nine ways for PCCs to work effectively with the voluntary sector to cut crime:
- Take the lead in engaging the voluntary sector
- Exemplify best practice in commissioning
- Cutting crime means reducing reoffending
- Recognise the importance of race
- Support people with multiple and complex needs
- Support gender specific responses to women and girls
- Recognise young adults as a distinct group
- Listen and respond to people with lived experience
- Be a champion for volunteering in the criminal justice system.
