Ahead of the PCC elections in May 2016, CoPaCC has announced a number the speakers for the PCC candidates’ National Briefing to be held in central London on Tuesday, 15th March 2016.
Are you a declared PCC election candidate? Click here to book your FREE place via our EventBrite page.
The speakers at this event, kindly sponsored by Grant Thornton, are:
- Gavin Thomas, President Elect, Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales;
- Patricia Moberly and Monisha Shah, Members, Committee for Standards in Public Life;
- Adam Pemberton, CorportMartin Wyke, Chief Executive of the Police ICT Company;
- Robin Field-Smith, Independent Examiner for Chief Officer Appointments, College of Policing;
- Simon Bullock, Advisor, CoPaCC;
- Iain Murray, Associate Director, Grant Thornton;
- Howard Rubin, Partner at leading law firm Bird & Bird
- Paul Grady, Director and Head of Police at Grant Thornton UK LLP, the leading auditor of policing in England and Wales;
- Martin Wyke, Chief Executive, Police ICT Company;
- Marianne Overton, Independent Group Leader, Local Government Association;
- Clive Morgan, Programme Director, Bluelightworks;
- Rick Muir, Director, The Police Foundation;
- Vicki Cardwell, Director of Research and Development, Revolving Doors Agency;
- Jon Collins, Chief Executive, Restorative Justice Council;
- Mark Castle, Chief Executive, Victim Support;
- Bernard Rix, Chief Executive, CoPaCC.
The BBC will also be attending to interview a number of PCC candidates, for subsequent broadcast on a BBC special feature on the PCC elections.
This briefing – free of charge to all declared PCC candidates – will assist the democratic process by providing for a better informed PCC election campaign, and help to ensure that candidates are aware of the responsibilities and constraints they would have as newly elected PCCs.
PCC Candidates
If you are interested in attending or participating and are either:
- a declared PCC candidate; or
- planning to stand as a PCC candidate, but not yet declared.
…then please click here to book your FREE place at this event, or – if you have any questions or comments – email Simon Bullock. via [email protected]. Feel free to let Simon know what particular questions you would like our speakers to address.
Other interested parties
Please email Ian Barrett, via [email protected], if you are a representative of an appropriate policing-focused organisation and interested in either:
- exhibiting at the event; and/or
- having appropriate briefing materials made available to prospective PCC candidates at the event.
CoPaCC and Policing Insight will be providing information and analysis in the next few weeks to ensure that all those participating in, or commentating on, the PCC elections in May 2016 are well informed. If you, as a candidate or stakeholder, have further specific requirements for support that CoPaCC or Policing Insight might deliver for you, please contact us at [email protected]
