Service Proposals The first two budgets have included a number of important Commissioner’s initiatives for which funding is continuing, namely:- The provision of an additional 24 Police Community Support Officers • over and above the number planned by the former Police Authority. An increase in the amount available for making Community Safety • Grants to organisations actively working within local communities to reduce crime. The appointment of a number of Community Ambassadors, one for • each SNT area, to improve liaison with communities and community groups. A significant increase in the number of Special Constables within the • Force. The acceleration of recruitment to avoid prolonged vacancies in • Neighbourhood Policing Teams A five year investment in the priority areas of cyber, rural and business • crime. The establishment of an invest to save fund to enable future savings • delivery with minimal adverse impact on service provision. Effective commissioning for support facilities for victims of crime. • In the course of putting in place the arrangements for the last of these, commissioning support for victims, the Commissioner has decided that services provided to victims of crime in Warwickshire need to be enhanced in the short term. Consequently, an additional £350,000 of services, over and above the level of Government Grant provided for services, will be funded from the victims’ in 2015/16, to ensure that victims of crime in Commissioner’s reserves Warwickshire are kept at the very heart of the criminal justice system and have the support they need. How the PCC plans to fund this
Service Proposals The Commissioner’s first two budgets have included a number of important initiatives for which funding is continuing, namely:- • The provision of an additional 24 Police Community Support Officers over and above the number planned by the former Police Authority. • An increase in the amount available for making Community Safety Grants to organisations actively working within local communities to reduce crime. • The appointment of a number of Community Ambassadors, one for each SNT area, to improve liaison with communities and community groups. • A significant increase in the number of Special Constables within the Force. • The acceleration of recruitment to avoid prolonged vacancies in Neighbourhood Policing Teams • A five year investment in the priority areas of cyber, rural and business crime. • The establishment of an invest to save fund to enable future savings delivery with minimal adverse impact on service provision. • Effective commissioning for support facilities for victims of crime. In the course of putting in place the arrangements for the last of these, commissioning support for victims, the Commissioner has decided that services provided to victims of crime in Warwickshire need to be enhanced in the short term. Consequently, an additional £350,000 of services, over and above the level of Government Grant provided for victims’ services, will be funded from the Commissioner’s reserves in 2015/16, to ensure that victims of crime in Warwickshire are kept at the very heart of the criminal justice system and have the support they need. How the PCC plans to fund this
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