Open Letter to PCC Candidates

Open Letter to PCC Candidates

Dear Candidate,

I amwriting inrelationtoyour intentiontostandintheMay2016PoliceandCrime Commissioner (PCC)election in Staffordshire, inmyroleasChiefof StaffoftheOfficeofthePCC (OPCC).

TheRoleof theOfficeof thePoliceand CrimeCommissioner

TheOfficeofthePoliceandCrimeCommissionerconsists of myself, astatutoryChief FinanceOfficerandasmall teamof officers.Wearepoliticallyrestrictedstaffandhavea similar roletothatofthecivil serviceinrelationtoGovernment. Weare appointedtoassistwhoever is electedPCC inStaffordshiretodelivertheirmanifesto.Weare alsocommittedtomaking informationabout theroleof the OPCC andStaffordshire Police availabletoall candidates onanequal basis duringtherunuptothePCC elections.

Invitation to meet

Iwouldliketo extendaninvitationtomeetatPoliceHeadquarters,Stafford,toprovide aface-to-facebriefing.Iwouldliketoofferuptoonehourwithmyselftotalkabouttherole ofPCCandpolicing inStaffordshireandonehour withClareWilliams, ChiefFinance

Officer (OPCC)onbudget andfinancial issues.

Ifyouwouldliketotakeupthisopportunitypleaselet meknowsowe mayarrangea mutuallyconvenient date. Pleasecontact mycolleagueVeronicaPowellvia

TheChiefConstable isalsoextendinganopeninvitationto meet withcandidatesforupto onehour.Ifyouwouldliketotakeupthis opportunitypleaselet meknowandwewill co- ordinatethis.

Wewill alsobeofferingmeetings withconfirmedcandidatesafterthePoliceArea ReturningOfficer’s (PARO’s)publicationofstatement ofpersonsnominated(7April 2016) todiscusscandidate’splansandoptions in moredetail,andwill beintouchinduecourse.

CandidateBriefings

TheOPCCispreparinganumberofbriefingsforcandidatesthatyoumay finduseful. Thesewillbeuploadedontothewebsite regularlybetweennow andtheelectionon5May2016.

Information Requests

Shouldyouhaveanyquestions aboutpolicing, crimeoranyrelatedissues thatarenot answeredinpubliclyavailable materials, pleaseput your request inwriting or via email to that theofficecanassist.

All suchrequestswill betreatedasanonymous but answers to questions and requests for data, will be shared with other candidates to ensuretransparency. Candidates will be able to find this information and any requested dataon the PCC Election 2016 page availablevia

I wouldask that,wherepossible,requests areput inwritingratherthanoverthephoneso that we maymanagerequests appropriatelywithintheteam, provideyouwiththe most accurateresponseandensurethat informationis sharedfairlywithall candidates.

I haveadvisedtheChiefConstablethat her officers shouldreferanysuchrequestsfrom candidatestome inthesamewaysothat wemaytreatall candidatesfairly.

Candidates can also contact me to arrange access for photos, for example next to the logo of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner in Staffordshire, located on walls in the OPCC offices.

Wearealso liaisingwiththeappointedPARO –Mrs.FionaLedden, Stoke-on-Trent CityCouncil.Mrs. Leddenhas beenappointedtoruntheelectionprocesslocally andyoushouldcontact herwithanyquestions about theelectionprocess.

The PARO at Stoke-on-Trent City Council can be contacted on 01782 234234, or by writing to Fiona Ledden, Police Area Returning Officer, Electoral Services, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1RG.

Ifyouhaveanyqueries pleaseget intouch. Yours Sincerely,

Glynn Dixon

Chiefof Staff

OfficeofthePoliceandCrimeCommissionerforStaffordshire