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Deputy PCC joins independent custody visit

Bedfordshire Police Kempston Custody Block Building

Bedfordshire’s Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner has visited the force’s custody facilities in the latest check on detainees’ welfare in the county. Ian Dalgarno joined some of the county’s independent custody visitors for a visit to Luton custody suite last week. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) runs the independent custody visitor […]

Bedfordshire PCC reacts to police pay award

PCC Festus Akinbusoye - closeup

Police officer pay will increase by seven per cent across all ranks from September 1 after the Government accepted in full the recommendation of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB). Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye said: “I’m delighted the Prime Minister has accepted in full the recommendations of the Public Sector Pay Review […]

PCC celebrates Bedfordshire police as they welcome 28 new officers

Pcc with new recruits

The county’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has congratulated the force on welcoming a further 28 officers. Twenty-eight officers celebrated passing initial training after spending the last 22 weeks in the classroom learning the basics of policing. They were in two different cohorts, the fast-track detective route, to become a detective in two years, and […]

PCC has launched his second annual report

PCC Festus Akinbusoye - closeup

Festus Akinbusoye has continued to deliver on his Police and Crime Plan and has launched his second annual report Published today (Friday), the 2022-23 report follows the force exceeding its three-year officer recruitment target and receiving an ‘outstanding’ rating for its offender management programme in a recent report published by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary […]

PCC secures £6 million government backing to combat drugs, violence, exploitation and organised crime in Bedfordshire

Close up image of the PCC outside Police HQ

Bedfordshire Police is set to receive millions of pounds of extra funding to combat drugs, violence, exploitation and organised crime. The £6.3 million funding awarded by the Home Office will directly support operations specifically set-up to tackle this multi-faceted and interlinked criminal activity in Bedfordshire. The force’s Boson and Costello teams have dedicated officers and […]

Bedfordshire PCC hosts second multi-faith conference

PCC Akinbusoye at Multi Faith Conference

More than 100 people attended the second conference to bring people from different faiths together organised by Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Bedfordshire Police’s Deputy Chief Constable Dan Vajzovic was among the attendees at Tuesday’s (20 June) event at the Rufus Centre in Flitwick, alongside local faith groups, school leaders and councillors. Aimed at community […]

PCC welcomes new chair for county’s stop and search scrutiny panel

PCC Akinbusoye with Stop and Search and Use of Force Chair

Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Festus Akinbusoye has welcomed the new chair for the county’s independent panel which scrutinises how police powers are used. Phil Dickson-Earle was recently appointed as the new chair of Bedfordshire’s respected independent stop and search scrutiny panel, following a stringent recruitment process by the Office of the Police and Crime […]

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