Decisions

This paper describes the steps that have been taken by the Police and Crime Commissioner
(PCC) in determining his proposed precept level and council tax requirement for 2026/27.

Date: 20 January 2026 / PDF (240 KB)

This paper seeks approval from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the Investment
and Treasury Management Strategy 2026/27

Date: 20 January 2026 / PDF (609 KB)

The medium-term financial plan (MTFP) attached sets out the key financial issues facing the
PCC and Constabulary over the period 2026/27 to 2029/30

Date: 19 January 2026 / PDF (765 KB)

It is recommended that the PCC accepts the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) ‘PCC Strategic Commissioning Funding’ offer of £39,750 to be distributed in accordance with the four proposals submitted during the bidding process

Date: 30 December 2025 / PDF (311 KB)

The PCC is recommended to approve payments totalling £66,034 from the Police Property Act Fund to nine organisations and purposes.

Date: 29 December 2025 / PDF (323 KB)

Renewal of the Joint Professional Standards Department Collaboration Agreement to continue to operate and deliver in line with the strategic objectives for a further 5 years, until 31 December 2030.

Date: 23 December 2025 / PDF (321 KB)

The Chief Executive Officer has reviewed the contents of this report and endorsed the proposal to renew the appointments of 15 Independent Custody Visitors in Suffolk as of 1 January 2026 for a three-year term.

Date: 19 December 2025 / PDF (217 KB)

This decision paper sets out the recommendation to approve twelve applications totalling £226,824 as part of the final round of funding for 2025/26.

Date: 10 December 2025 / PDF (308 KB)

This report presents the Annual Report for consideration and seeks approval to send the Annual Report to the Police and Crime Panel.

Date: 8 December 2025 / PDF (6.9 MB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) awards grant funding of £18,000 to Ipswich Town Foundation for delivery of three ‘DIVERT’ programmes and six ‘Mini-DIVERT’ programmes between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.

Date: 25 November 2025 / PDF (408 KB)

Suffolk Community Foundation have created the Suffolk Futures Fund, to support projects and services working with young people aged 16–25, particularly those who have experienced additional challenges in their lives, are marginalised, excluded or underserved. This Decision Paper recommends a contribution from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk to the Fund in order to support delivery of the Police and Crime Plan for Suffolk 2025-2029

Date: 28 October 2025 / PDF (306 KB)

This report seeks approval to award a Crime and Disorder Reduction Grant to Town Pastors for £24,000 to contribute to delivery of their activities in the night-time economy across Suffolk for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Date: 27 October 2025 / PDF (289 KB)

This Decision Paper recommends the award of a grant to Anglia Care Trust for the provision of a support service to victims of domestic abuse assessed as standard risk. The service will commence on 1 October 2025 and run until 30 September 2027, with an option to extend if successful.

Date: 26 October 2025 / PDF (327 KB)

The third edition of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s General Data Protection Regulation Statement of Policy.

Date: 25 October 2025 / PDF (547 KB)

This policy sets out the approach and procedure to be followed for the forfeiture of police officer pensions and has been drafted in accordance with the Home Office Police Pension Forfeiture Guidance.

Date: 24 October 2025 / PDF (388 KB)

This Decision seeks approval to award Catch22 Charity Limited a contract to deliver a joint Victim Referral and Assessment Service in conjunction with the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Norfolk. This contract commences on 1 October 2025 at a cost of £824,272.73 to the Suffolk PCC for its initial 3 year period.

Date: 21 October 2025 / PDF (308 KB)

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) is required to operate an Independent Custody Visiting Scheme to ensure independent checks are made on the welfare of detainees in police custody. The OPCC is also required to produce an Annual Report on the work of the scheme in line with the Home Office Code of Practice Guidelines.

Date: 20 October 2025 / PDF (2.2 MB)

This decision approves a contract variation to meet increased National Insurance Contributions within the Suffolk Independent Domestic Advisor (IDVA) Service.

Date: 16 September 2025 / PDF (327 KB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime and Commissioner (PCC) accepts the terms and enters into the 2025/26 Home Office Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee Grant Agreement.

Date: 5 August 2025 / PDF (260 KB)

The PCC is recommended to approve payments from the Police Property Act Fund to: The Police Remembrance Trust for £4,500 and the British Association for Women in Policing for £350.

Date: 24 July 2025 / PDF (219 KB)

This report seeks approval to award a Crime and Disorder Reduction Grant to the Catch22 Suffolk Positive Futures project totalling £97,330 for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Date: 7 July 2025 / PDF (413 KB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime Commissioner accepts the grant offer from the Home Office of £331,955 for the Suffolk Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme outlined in this decision paper.

Date: 4 July 2025 / PDF (294 KB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime and Commissioner accepts the terms and enters into the 2025/26 Home Office Hotspot Action Fund Grant Agreement.

Date: 3 July 2025 / PDF (273 KB)

The PCC is recommended to approve payments from the Police Property Act Fund to: Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue (Sulsar) for £37,500, Suffolk Neighbourhood Watch (SNWA) for £11,650, Care of Police Survivors (COPS) for £1,500 and Crimestoppers for £21,683.

Date: 30 June 2025 / PDF (220 KB)

The Police Complaints and Conduct System Statement of Policy replaces the previous version of this policy agreed in May 2024. It updates the policy to reflect several legislative changes around police misconduct hearings brought into law through The Police (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. The decision also introduces a Persistent, Abusive or Unreasonable Contact Policy to provide a clearer more transparent explanation of the approach taken. This is informed by the IOPC’s Managing Unacceptable Service User contact policy.

Date: 13 June 2025 / PDF (771 KB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime Commissioner adopts the revised Contract Standing Orders.

Date: 12 June 2025 / PDF (1.2 MB)

The Scheme of Governance and Consent requires amendment to accommodate changes to the Scheme relating to a review and revision of the Financial Regulations. Approval is now sought to the revised Financial Regulations with the highlights of the proposed changes attached as Appendix A.

Date: 11 June 2025 / PDF (657 KB)

The PCC is recommended to approve the proposals outlined in this decision paper for the operation of the Police Property Act Fund.

Date: 10 June 2025 / PDF (284 KB)

This report recommends that the Suffolk PCC continues to fund the service for a further 12 months with a contribution of £63,100 to support the employment of an RJ advisor for Suffolk.

Date: 9 June 2025 / PDF (307 KB)

This decision notes the previous Serious Violence Duty funding allocations for the period 31 January 2023 - 31 March 2025 and accepts the terms of the 2025/26 Home Office Serious Violence (SV) Duty Grant Agreement, on behalf of the Suffolk Serious Violence Duty Partnership, and continues to fulfil the PCC’s obligations.

Date: 3 June 2025 / PDF (290 KB)

This decision paper approves the allocation of £300,000 to support the PCC Fund in 2025/26. It also notes the recommendation in Decision 12 - 2025 to allocate £103,098 of the new funding to be used alongside the remainder of the 2024/25 budget to cover funding for Round 39 of the PCC’s Panel, March 2025.

Date: 30 April 2025 / PDF (242 KB)

This decision paper sets out the recommendation to approve nine applications totalling £157,755, as part of the final round of funding for 2024/25. The remaining budget for 2024/25 was £66,489 and therefore it also recommends the allocation of £103,098 of the 2025/26 PCC’s Fund budget to cover shortfall for the grants awarded and associated fees.

Date: 29 April 2025 / PDF (357 KB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Executive of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner be authorised to execute the agreement for an extension of the Joint Athena Hub Section 22A Collaboration Agreement until 30 June 2026.

Date: 15 April 2025 / PDF (202 KB)

The PCC approves grants for domestic abuse and sexual violence support services in Suffolk for a total of £1.6m for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Date: 1 April 2025 / PDF (357 KB)

The PCC is recommended to contribute £15,000 from the Crime and Disorder Reduction reserve towards the research ‘Mapping Sexual Violence Service Provision in Suffolk’.

Date: 10 March 2025 / PDF (350 KB)

This paper approves the immediate termination of the Joint Shared Services Transactional Centre 22A Collaboration Agreement.

Date: 28 February 2025 / PDF (221 KB)

This paper provides for a decision on the precept level and council tax requirement for 2025/26 following consideration of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s proposal by the Police and Crime Panel on 31 January 2025.

Date: 12 February 2025 / PDF (594 KB)

This report presents the draft Police and Crime Plan 2025-2029 for consideration and submission to the Police and Crime Panel.

Date: 7 February 2025 / PDF (662 KB)

The Police and Crime Panel are notified of the PCC’s proposal to increase the precept by 5.1% in 2025/26, which equates to an increase of £13.95 a year for a Band D property. This proposal has been submitted for consideration at the Police and Crime Panel meeting scheduled for 31 January 2025.

Date: 21 January 2025 / PDF (231 KB)

This paper seeks approval from the PCC for the annual Investment and Treasury Management Strategy for 2025-26.

Date: 20 January 2025 / PDF (670 KB)

The medium-term financial plan (MTFP) attached sets out the key financial issues facing the PCC and Constabulary over the period 2025/26 to 2028/29, including information and recommendations relating to the revenue budget, capital programme and associated financing issues, together with a financial appraisal of two precept options.

Date: 19 January 2025 / PDF (961 KB)

Decision Paper 2 - 2025 confirming the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk. This follows a review of the appointment by the Police and Crime Panel, and the unanimous decision of the panel to support the appointment of the chosen candidate by the PCC.

Date: 18 January 2025 / PDF (502 KB)

This decision paper was submitted in draft form to the Police and Crime Panel for consideration at its meeting on Monday 2 December 2024. Now all pre-employment checks have been completed Decision Paper 2 - 2025 has been published on this website and details the processes the PCC took to recruit and appoint a new Chief Executive. The Police and Crime Panel’s report on this meeting is also included within Decision Paper 2 - 2025.

Date: 17 January 2025 / PDF (434 KB)

This decision paper sets out the recommendation to approve eight applications totalling £134,855, as part of the second round of funding for 2024/25. In addition, the decision paper sets out the recommendation to allocate £15,000 of this total from the 2024/25 PCC’s Fund budget to fund one successful multi-year applicant from Round 38.

Date: 19 December 2024 / PDF (279 KB)

This report seeks approval to award a Crime and Disorder Reduction Grant to Town Pastors for £24,000 to contribute to delivery of their activities in the night time economy across Suffolk for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

Date: 14 October 2024 / PDF (264 KB)

This paper seeks approval from the Police and Crime Commissioner for the extension of the Victims of Crime contract with Victim Support at a cost of £168,876 to Suffolk for the period 1 April to 30 September 2025. The contract commenced in April 2020 for a period of three years with the option to extend for two years taken in 2023.

Date: 30 September 2024 / PDF (224 KB)

It is recommended that the Chief Executive of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner be authorised to execute the Agreement to Collaborate (under Section 22A of the Police Act 1996) on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

Date: 21 August 2024 / PDF (229 KB)

This decision approves five applications totalling £90,000, as part of the first round of 2024-25 funding and the allocation of £20,000 of this total from the budget to fund one successful multi-year applicant from Round 37.

Date: 20 August 2024 / PDF (266 KB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) awards a grant of £60,000 to Survivors in Transition for the period 1 August 2024 – 31 March 2025 for the delivery of specialist support to victims of sexual violence in Suffolk.

Date: 25 July 2024 / PDF (253 KB)

The Annual Report summarises the work undertaken by the OPCC for Suffolk to support the operation of the Independent Custody Visiting Scheme in Suffolk between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024.

Date: 18 July 2024 / PDF (6.3 MB)

The Scheme of Governance and Consent requires amendment to accommodate changes to the Scheme relating to a review and revision of the Financial Regulations. Approval is now sought to the revised Financial Regulations with the highlights of the proposed changes attached as Appendix A.

Date: 1 July 2024 / PDF (618 KB)

This decision approves the allocation of £300,000 to support the PCC Fund in 2024-25 and the rolling forward of £11,501 of unallocated funding from the previous year.

Date: 22 June 2024 / PDF (230 KB)

This decision approves the appointment and reappointment of Independent Panel Members and the appointment of Legally Qualified Persons to sit on Eastern Region Police Misconduct Panels.

Date: 21 June 2024 / PDF (1.9 MB)

This decision paper complies with requirements to publish the draft statement of accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024, where the PCC approves the capital slippage and funding movement on reserves.

Date: 5 May 2024 / PDF (280 KB)

The Police and Crime Commissioner accepts the grant agreement from the Home Office for £355,000 for Year 2 delivery of the Safer Streets Fund Round 5.

Date: 22 April 2024 / PDF (258 KB)

It is recommended the PCC approves a total of £109,090 be allocated from the 2023/24 PCC Fund budget, to be used to support the successful applicants in Round 36. The PCC approves a total of £25,175 be allocated from the 2023/24 budget to be used to support two successful multi-year applicants from Round 36 in 2024/25.

Date: 4 April 2024 / PDF (273 KB)

The PCC is recommended to contribute funding toward the overall cost of introducing and operating the Independent Advisory and Scrutiny Panel for the 12 month period 1 April 2024- 31 March 2025. The Independent Advisory and Scrutiny Panel to support effective, community engagement in the delivery of the Police Race Action Plan in Suffolk.

Date: 11 March 2024 / PDF (495 KB)

It is recommended that the Chief Executive to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is authorised to execute the termination of the collaboration agreement.

Date: 6 March 2024 / PDF (217 KB)

This report requests funding to the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE) to facilitate and deliver the Police Powers Scrutiny Group.

Date: 1 March 2024 / PDF (280 KB)

This paper provides for a decision to be made upon the appointment of members to the joint Audit Committee of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and Chief Constable (CC).

Date: 28 February 2024 / PDF (265 KB)

This paper seeks approval from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to publish the Commissioning Strategy.

Date: 22 February 2024 / PDF (458 KB)

This paper provides for a decision on the precept level and council tax requirement for 2024/25 following consideration of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s proposal by the Police and Crime Panel on 26 January 2024.

Date: 14 February 2024 / PDF (1.3 MB)

The current Joint ICT Department Section 22A Collaboration Agreement expires on 30 April 2024. It is proposed the agreement be extended for a further 5 years.

Date: 5 February 2024 / PDF (209 KB)

The current Joint Athena Hub Section 22A Collaboration Agreement is due to expire on 30 June 2024. An extension to the Agreement is proposed for a period of 12 months and until 30 June 2025.

Date: 2 February 2024 / PDF (195 KB)

The current Joint Transport & Uniform Services Department Section 22A Collaboration Agreement expires on 30 April 2024. The renewal of the agreement is proposed for a further 5 years.

Date: 1 February 2024 / PDF (203 KB)

The current Joint Estates & Facilities Department Section 22A Collaboration Agreement expires on 30 April 2024. It is proposed the agreement be extended for a further 5 years.

Date: 31 January 2024 / PDF (545 KB)

The current Joint Corporate Communications Department (Digital Communications Team) Collaboration Agreement made under Section 22A of the Police Act 1996 is due to expire on 31 May 2024. It is proposed to extend this Agreement for a period of 12 months until 31 May 2025.

Date: 18 January 2024 / PDF (200 KB)

This paper describes the steps that have been taken by the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) in determining his proposed precept level and council tax requirement for 2024-25. It is recommended that the Police and Crime Panel are notified of the PCC’s proposal to increase the precept by £12.96 for a Band D property in 2024-25 and that this proposal is submitted to the Police and Crime Panel for consideration at its meeting on 26 January 2024.

Date: 14 January 2024 / PDF (241 KB)

It is recommended that the Police and Crime Commissioner approves the attached Investment and Treasury Management Strategy 2024/25.

Date: 13 January 2024 / PDF (450 KB)

The draft medium-term financial plan (MTFP) attached sets out the key financial issues facing the PCC and Constabulary over the period 2024/25 to 2027/28. The draft MTFP includes information and recommendations relating to the revenue budget, capital programme and associated financing issues, together with a financial appraisal of two precept options.

Date: 12 January 2024 / PDF (894 KB)