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THREE YEAR STRATEGY, ANNUAL POLICING PLAN AND PRECEPT NOTICE

1. Under the terms of the Police Act 1996, the Authority has adopted its Annual Policing Plan for 2003/04. The Act states that the Authority must publish a Plan which sets out the policing priorities for the year ahead and informs the public of the services they can expect from their police force. This Plan also incorporates the Authority's Best Value Plan and sets out its Efficiency Plan in response to the Home Secretary's annual requirement for the police service to demonstrate how it will achieve efficiency gains equivalent to 2% of annual expenditure.

2. This year, under the terms of the Police Reform Act 2002, the introduction of the National Policing Plan, has required police authorities to produce a three year strategy (two years in the first instance in order to bring it into alignment with local crime and disorder reduction strategies), along with its Annual Policing Plan which is informed by the Strategy. The requirement for a summary of the Plan has been removed and the precept notice has this year been used as the means of communicating information about the Authority.

3. Both the Strategy and the Plan must be issued by 31 March and published by 30 June. Furthermore, a copy of the Strategy must be submitted to the Home Secretary by 31 March for comment.

4. The documents will be placed on the Authority's website from 1 April, 2003 and copies of the published documents will be circulated to all members of the County Council in due course.

COUNCILLOR SIMON HAYES
Chairman

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