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LOCAL CODE OF CONDUCT COMPLAINTS PROCESS

Changes to the complaints procedure
From 8 May 2008 the responsibility for considering complaints that a member may have breached the Code of Conduct is moving to the standards committees of local authorities.

What this means to you
After 8 May 2008 if you want to complain about the conduct of a member of North Yorkshire Police Authority, you must submit your complaint to:

Chair of the assessment sub-committee
The standards committee
P O Box 106
Ripon
HG4 5WA

The assessment sub-committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a member. It will not deal with complaints about things that are not covered by the members’ Code of Conduct. If you make a complaint to the assessment sub-committee it must be about why you think a member has not followed the Code of Conduct.

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	Welcome to the North Yorkshire Police Authority's web site. Please take some time to browse and learn a little bit about us. If you are a resident of our area, we value what you think of the police service. Please visit us regularly to find out what is going on, what the police's performance is like and to participate in our various consultation exercises.
Click here to view the Authority's Annual Report	North Yorkshire Police Authority is an independent body, created on 1 April 1995. The area served by the Authority and the North Yorkshire Police Force comprises the North Yorkshire County Council and the City of York areas. This is one of the largest geographical policing areas in the country.

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NY Policing Plan 2008-11

To secure an efficient and effective police service on behalf of the local community
To consult with the local community about its policing needs and priorities
To hold the Chief Constable to account for police performance, on behalf of local people
To ensure that there is continuous improvement in the delivery of the police service in our area.

The Authority works with the Chief Constable to prepare a 3 year strategy for the development of the service and an annual Policing Plan which sets out the way in which the Chief Constable will police the area having regard to the Home Secretary's national policing priorities and the local priorities determined by the Police Authority. This document is called NY Policing Plan. The NY Policing Plan leaflet can also be viewed by clicking here.

The Authority also has its own Business Plan outlining the Authority's vision, mission, objectives and priorities for improvement.

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15/04/08 Police to Re-visit Charging Policy for Community Events

Police Chiefs in North Yorkshire have vowed to continue supporting community events that are “part and parcel” of local life and have pledged to work with partners to reduce and simplify bureaucracy.

Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell has been working with North Yorkshire Police Authority to find a balance between working within the law, supporting local community events and the need to work within existing resources and budgets.

Under the current policy, police charges will be levied on around 19 of the 850 events supported each year by the force of which only 5 are community-linked events.

Police will look again at these events where organisers or local councils have raised concerns and work with partners towards issuing a clear guide outlining the rare occasions when charging for deployment of additional officers is appropriate.

The Force and Authority will also be talking to partners, especially local councils, about how all agencies might work together better to support local event organisers.

Please click on the more button to read the full press release.

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SAFER NEIGHBOURHOODS OFFICER AWARDS

The eight winning officers from last year’s Neighbourhood Police Officer of the Year awards will next week each hand-over a £250 donation to their chosen charitable cause as the search for this year’s Safer Neighbourhood Police Officer and Police Community Support Officer begins.

This year’s process will see each Safer Neighbourhood Team having one Police officer and Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) being nominated to the next stage of the awards process. Each of the 17 Safer Neighbourhood Team nominations for both the Police Officer and PCSO will be considered in partnership with the local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) for the accolade of being the Safer Neighbourhood Police Officer or PCSO for their CDRP area.

The Authority will then receive 8 nominations for both categories and it is from these nominations that one Police Officer and one PCSO will be chosen to represent the Force at the national Community Police Officer Awards held in November.

Please click on the more button for the full press release

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INDEPENDENT MEMBER VACANCIES

Under the regulations within the Police and Justice Act 2006, North Yorkshire Police Authority would have had member vacancies from April 2008 when the separate category of Magistrates membership would have been repealed.

The arrangements for appointing new members to Police Authorities has been under National Review and the Home Office had now agreed to defer the implementation of new member arrangements until 1 October 2008. As a result, North Yorkshire Police Authority will begin its recruitment process during the Spring 2008.

More details will be issued on the website in due course.

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NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER

North Yorkshire Police operate a non emergency number available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For all enquiries, to contact an Officer or to report an incident that does not require immediate attention please use

0845 60 60 24 7

Always dial 999 if you need emergency assistance.

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