Bedfordshire PCC consults with residents about police precept for 2024/25
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Bedfordshire, Festus Akinbusoye, has released the police precept survey for the financial year 2024/25. The PCC must consult with local residents on any changes that he is considering to the police precept. For 2024/25, the PCC wants to propose an increase to the police precept of £13 a year for […]
PCC hosts 2-day event to combat rural crime in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire’s PCC Festus Akinbusoye vows to tackle crimes like theft from farms and hare coursing in meetings with the county’s farming communities. The PCC and Deputy PCC Ian Dalgarno joined forces Bedfordshire Police’s Rural Crime team and National Farmers Union (NFU) county chairman Freya Morgan. The events, in the north and south of the county […]
New centre launches to reform perpetrators of domestic abuse
Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye has partnered with his counterpart in Hertfordshire to successfully bid for £2 million from the Home Office to run the programme for the next two years.
PCC’s office achieves prestigious national award for custody visiting
In a country-first Bedfordshire OPCC have advanced from being code compliant to platinum for their Independent Custody Visiting (ICV) scheme. Bedfordshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) achieved the award at the inaugural Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA) Quality Assurance awards. They were presented with platinum status at a ceremony in Birmingham on […]
Call for public questions to leaders of Bedfordshire’s criminal justice system
Communities across Bedfordshire are being encouraged to put their questions to senior leaders in the likes of local policing, the courts and probation services.
Combatting Rural Crime event 12th & 14th December
Combatting Rural Crime Event 2023 North Date: Tuesday 12th December 2023 Time: 09:45am-13:00 Venue: Scald End Farm in Thurleigh, MK44 2DP South Date: Thursday 14th December 2023 Time: 09:45am-13:00 Venue: Luton Hoo, Hotel, Golf & Spa, The Mansion House, Luton, Beds, LU1 3TQ Entry is free, however tickets must be reserved to attend the event. We […]
PCC backs A&E navigators scheme in Bedfordshire hospitals
Specialist youth workers are to be embedded into hospital A&Es across Bedfordshire to offer support to patients involved in or at risk of violence and exploitation. The Bedfordshire A&E navigators programme will work with young people aged 12 to 25 who are primarily patients at both the Bedford and Luton & Dunstable hospitals. The service […]
New Panel set up in Beds to report on custody processes
Bedfordshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) welcomed a new Independent Custody Detention Scrutiny Panel (ICDSP) to the Beds Police Custody Suite for the first time. The panel, made up of local people from across the policing area, represent local communities in conversations with police officers and staff actively involved in detention and […]
New OPCC funding opportunities 2023/24 – Cameras, Tickets and Collisions, Road Safety Fund
This funding opportunity has now closed. The Cameras, Tickets and Collisions fund is committed to funding charities and organisations with educational activities and initiatives to reduce the risk of harm on our roads. We already work in partnership with the Roads Victims Trust (RVT), who support victims of road traffic incidents and the Bedfordshire Police […]
New OPCC funding opportunities 2023/24 – Community Safety Fund
This funding opportunity has now closed. We are providing an opportunity to award eight funding allocations up to the cost of £5,000 each for the provision of a project/service/activity to deliver in the three local authority areas. These services will aim to improve community engagement, reduce crime/reduce recidivism or criminality and/or support victims with a […]