The PCC is supported by a non-political team of permanent staff, known as the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), which implement the PCC’s priorities and support them to carry out their duties. They can also appoint a Deputy PCC to support them with their role.
The main statutory responsibilities of the PCC are:
- Secure an efficient and effective police force for their area.
- Appoint the Chief Constable, hold them to account for running the force, and if necessary dismiss them.
- Set the police and crime objectives for their area through a Police and Crime Plan.
- Set the force budget and determine the council tax precept.
- Obtain the views of local people and victims of crime before the Police and Crime Plan is issued and before the precept is set.
- Bring together community safety and criminal justice partners, to make sure local priorities are joined up.
- Commission services to help cut crime, improve community safety and provide support for victims of crime.
- Assist specified authorities with preventing serious violence and collaborate with them on commissioning services.
- Deal with complaints against the Chief Constable as the Appropriate Authority.
- Act as an impartial Review Body in relation to formally recorded complaints about Humberside Police, following handling by the Appropriate Authority.
- Contribute to the national and international policing capabilities set out by the Home Secretary.
- Publish in a prominent place, additional information under a Specified Information Order, including force performance against any future national policing measures, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services’ performance reports, and complaints handling.
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is not the Police.
