Bedfordshire Police Authority today
(28 June) agreed to commission further work to examine the option of
outsourcing the delivery of support services across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire
and Hertfordshire.
In parallel, the Police Authority
also instructed Bedfordshire’s Chief Constable to develop and take forward, in
consultation with the Police Authority, a second option in the best interests
of Bedfordshire which can be developed to full business case. In both cases
they also agreed that the final decision will be taken by Bedfordshire’s Police
and Crime Commissioner when appointed in November this year.
For the outsourcing proposal to
move forward as recommended by the three Chief Constables, it needs the
agreement of each police authority. Hertfordshire Police Authority agreed to
commission the work at their meeting earlier this week (Monday, 25 June), while
Cambridgeshire Police Authority meets later today (Thursday June, 28) to consider
the recommendation.
The move comes as part of the
on-going collaboration between Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary
and Hertfordshire Constabulary which, along with the three police authorities,
have established a Strategic Policing Alliance.
The business case will examine in
detail the outsourcing of these services through the existing Lincolnshire
Police contract, which has G4S as the supplier.
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