Working Together (Partnerships and Collaboration)

Association of Police and Crime Commissioners

The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) is the national body that supports Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), and other local policing bodies across England and Wales, to provide national leadership and drive strategic change in the policing, criminal justice and wider community safety landscape, to help keep our communities safe.

In 2020/21, the APCC had the membership of all 40 PCCs in England and Wales as well as the City of London Police Authority, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime for the Greater London Authority, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Jersey Police Authority.

The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has a portfolio approach in which Police and Crime Commissioners are given the responsibility to lead on policy development in portfolio areas.

Our Chair of the Police Authority Board is the Deputy Lead for the Fraud Portfolio and we also currently represent the other police authorities on the APCC Board of Directors.

The Association of Policing and Crime Chief Executives (APACE)

The Association of Policing and Crime Chief Executives (APACE) is the professional body which represents Chief Executives and other senior staff within Offices of Police and Crime Commissioners, other Police Authorities and the City of London Police Authority.

Safer City Partnership (SCP)

Whilst not a Committee of the Board, the Safer City Partnership (SCP) brings together a range of agencies, including the City of London Police, the City of London Corporation, London Probation, Clinical Commissioning Group, London Fire Brigade and others who have a key role to play in reducing and preventing crime and disorder. It has a number of statutory duties, including the production of a strategy to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in the local area.

One of the most valuable aspects of the SCP is its ability and potential to tap in to the wide range of powers and resources of its partner agencies to help prevent crime and address underlying factors.

The Deputy Chair of the Police Authority Board is the Deputy Chair of the Safer City Partnership Strategy Board.

Collaborative working

Secure City Programme

The Police Authority Board provides oversight of the Secure City Programme (SCP). This is a major programme delivered jointly by the City of London Corporation and the City of London Police. The programme will deliver a state-of-the-art security platform and capability that is commensurate with the needs of modern-day security and services across the City.

City of London Law Courts and Police Accommodation Project

The Police Authority working in collaboration with the City of London Corporation, HM Government and the City of London Police established the Fleet Street Estate Programme in May 2018 to deliver a new headquarters for the City of London Police at 1 Salisbury Square, the City of London Law Courts (an 18-court facility combining Magistrates, Crown and Civil Courts for HM Government) and a commercial building off Fleet Street.