To update the existing S22A Agreement under the Police Act 1996 (as amended) for the Professional Standards Department function between the six corporations sole (the Chief Constables of Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Hertfordshire Constabulary and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Decision

To sign the updated Section 22A Agreement under the Police Act 1996 (as amended) for the Professional Standards Department function of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Decision Summary

The Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Business Co-ordination Board (“the Board”) meeting on the 23^rd June 2016 discussed and agreed the proposal for the existing Section 22A Agreement for Professional Standards Department (PSD) function of Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary (“the Constabulary”), and Hertfordshire Police to be updated into a shared services framework which also provides and updates the apportionment rates between the six corporations sole (the Chief Constables of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire and the Police and Crime Commissioners for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire).