Welcome to the Herts PCC website
Publication Scheme
The Freedom of Information Publication Scheme is a guide to the information that the office will routinely publish.
The Commissioner wants to be open with the public, so this website will contain all the information that can be made available.
If you have a comment about the operation of this Publication Scheme, if you would like the scheme, or any of the information it lists, in paper form or in another format (including Braille, tape, or in a language other than English), or you can't find what you are looking for, please contact me.
The Information Commissioner's Model Publication Scheme
The Commissioner has adopted the Information Commissioner's Model Publication Scheme.
By using this Scheme, the Commissioner has committed to making available information in the categories below, subject to legitimate charges and relevant exemptions.
If you would like to know more about the model publication scheme please contact the Information Commissioners Office.
It may take me some time to publish all the information I have listed. Pages will be updated as information becomes available.
The PCC will publish details about themselves, their deputy and the office staff in the 'Your PCC' section of this website.
This information will include:
- Contact details, office location etc.
- Role and responsibilities
- Office staff and organisation
- Scheme of Governance
What money is spent
The PCC will publish financial information in the Finances section of the website.
This will include:
- PCC salary and allowances and my deputy
- The salaries of senior employees of the office
- Expenditure over £500
- Copies of contracts and Invitations to tenders with a value of over £10,000 and a list of contracts with a value of less than £10,000
- The annual policing budget and precept
- Sources of revenue and my investment strategy
- The identity of premises or land owned or occupied for the purposes of policing in the county
The PCC's priorities
The PCC will publish regular information about policing priorities and force performance in the the Plan section of the website.
The PCC will also publish information about my work with partners to improve community safety and crime and disorder reduction in an annual report.
How the PCC makes decisions
The PCC will publish a policy on how thjey make decisions on the Policies and Publications page.
They will also publish records of how they have made decisions including dates agendas, papers and minutes of public meetings in the Decisions and Meetings section.
The PCC will publish policies regarding the delivery of their functions in the Policies and Publications section of this website.
This will include the following policies:
- Complaints and Conduct
- Decision making
- Records Management
- Whistleblowing
- Commitment to Equality
- Freedom of Information
- Lists and registers
In the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner section of this website the PCC will publish a register of Disclosable Interests pertaining to themselves and to the Deputy Commissioner
In the Finances section of this website the PCC will publish:
- A register of gifts and hospitality offered to the PCC, deputy PCC or members of my staff
- A monthly transaction listing of expenditure over £500 incurred by the office or the Constabulary
- A copy of each Contract or Invitation to Tender for a Contract with a value of over £10,000
- A list of all contracts with a value of less than £10,000
The services the PCC provides:
- Publishing press releases direct to the media and on my home page and News pages
- Publishing reports, publications, campaigns, articles and blogs on this website
- The PCC will publish guidance on making complaints on the Making a Complaint page
- The PCC will publish links to partner organizations throughout this website
As part of the transparency agenda the Commissioner has committed to making as much information available to members of the public as possible.
This page contains reports and information about complaints and conduct matters.
The information includes matters raised about the Police as well as the Commissioner and their Deputy.
For information about how to raise a concern or make a complaint please go to the Making a Complaint page.
Complaints about the Commissioner or his Deputy
- For Year 2023/2024 - none reported.
The Police and Crime Panel took responsibility for handling complaints against the Commissioner in 2015/16
Commissioners Annual report of Complaints and Conduct Matters 2015-16.pdf
Commissioners Annual report of Complaints and Conduct Matters 2014-15.pdf
Commissioners Annual report of Complaints and Conduct Matters 2013-14.pdf
Commissioners Annual report of Complaints and Conduct Matters 2012-13.pdf
Complaints about the Police
Professional Standards Department Quarterly Reports
These reports will no longer be published by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.