I welcome Surrey Police’s involvement as one of the four forces included in this inspection. I am encouraged by the force’s strategy to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), which recognises impact of coercive and controlling behaviour and the importance of ensuring policy and practice is informed by those with lived experience. Surrey’s partnership [...]
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey Lisa Townsend has issued the following statement in response to the death of Sir David Amess MP on Friday: "Like everyone I was appalled and horrified by the senseless murder of Sir David Amess MP and I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to his family, [...]
Notice of Meeting Surrey OPCC and Surrey Police Joint Audit Committee Meeting 20th October, 14:00, held via MS Teams Part One - In Public Apologies for absence Urgent Matters Declarations of Interest Minutes of Meeting held 28th July 2021 Internal Audit Progress Report 2021/22 06_ JAC Annual Governance Statement and Financial Statement 2020-21 a) Surrey [...]
Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner Allowance Scheme 2021-22 Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) provides that a Police and Crime Commissioner is to be paid authorised allowances. “Authorised allowances” means allowances, in respect of expenses incurred by the Commissioner in the exercise of the [...]
Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey – Decision Making Record Report Title Provision of donation of an end of service vehicle Decision number: 042/2021 Author and Job Role: Rachel Lupanko, Office Manager Protective Marking: OFFICIAL Executive Summary: The PCC has received a request to donate one of its fleet [...]
The Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend is calling on Surrey residents to have their say on what the policing priorities should be for the county over the next three years. The Commissioner is inviting the public to fill in a brief survey which will help her set her Police and Crime Plan [...]
Sensitive Intelligence is clearly an important area of policing, but one which PCC’s have less oversight. I therefore welcome HMICFRS looking into this area to provide PCC’s with assurance on how sensitive intelligence is used. I have asked the Chief Constable to comment on this report. His response was as follows: I welcome the HMICFRS’s [...]
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey Lisa Townsend has secured nearly £175,000 in government funding to help improve safety for women and girls in the Woking area. The ‘Safer Streets’ funding will help Surrey Police, Woking Borough Council and other local partners boost security measures along a stretch of the Basingstoke Canal after [...]
Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey Lisa Townsend said Insulate Britain protesters should ‘consider their future’ as new measures to prevent motorway protests could land activists with two years in prison or an unlimited fine. A fresh court injunction was granted to Highways England this weekend, after new protests by the climate activists [...]
Fraud and the impact on victims has been raised a number of times by residents since I took office and this report is timely as I finalise my Police and Crime Plan. Surrey is one of the areas most affected by fraud. I agree with HMICFRS that there needs to be more resources put into [...]
