Transition

Back to Further information about Police and crime commissioners The government is working closely with key policing partners to ensure that the transition phase from police authorities to PCCs is as seamless as possible for all concerned.

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• What oversight is there of the transition?

  We have established a PCC Transition Sponsorship Board chaired by the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice the Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP that has commissioned a number of projects that cover the main transition arrangements that need to be addressed before PCCs come into post.

• What will happen to existing staff members?

  The Act will automatically transfer staff employed by police authorities to the employment of PCCs, on the day that PCCs take office, helping to provide important continuity in their early days.

  Staff currently working for police forces will remain under the direction and control of the chief constable, although employed by the PCC. Transfer schemes will be made at a later date to transfer these staff to the chief constable?s employment as appropriate.

  It will be for the PCC to restructure and reform their team as they see fit and be held to account by the electorate for doing so.