The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner is urging
organisations that support victims of crime to apply to him to run
services in the West Midlands.
The PCC, David Jamieson, will commission victim services
for areas, such as, domestic violence, sexual abuse, volume crime,
child sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation, forced
marriage and honour based violence, hate crime, fatal road traffic
collisions and modern slavery. The allocated funding now also
includes restorative justice services.
Services commissioned by the PCC will form part of a
varied network of support that exists for victims across the West
Midlands, funded by other commissioners and through charitable
donation.
This year's victims' fund has £200,000 available to help
people traumatised by criminal activity. Individual funding of up
to £20,000 is available for each voluntary or community
organisation that helps people to cope and recover. Groups can
apply on their own or they can join together to form a
partnership.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 18th March
2019.
Click here to apply
The Police and Crime
Commissioner must ensure an efficient and effective police
force in our area.
They set the priorities for the Force, decide the budget, and
hold the Chief Constable to account.
In order to fulfil these roles, the PCC has a range of powers
and responsibilities, including:
- The production of a Police and Crime Plan
- Setting the policing precept
- The appointment and, if necessary, the dismissal the Chief
Constable
- Can make Crime and Disorder Reduction Grants
- Oversight in how complaints against the police are managed
- Duties relating to national criminal threats, safeguarding of
children, and consulting the public
- Roles in ensuring the effectiveness of the wider criminal
justice system