Bedfordshire Police Headquarters
Bridgebury House, Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedfordshire, MK43 9AX
Bridgebury House, Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedfordshire, MK43 9AX
Introduction
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) is run by a dedicated team who support the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
The team support:
The OPCC is led by a Chief Executive whose responsibility is to manage the staff and provide a monitoring role to ensure standards remain high.
The team also includes a Chief Finance Officer to advise the PCC on financial matters and the impact on any decisions regarding the budget, spending and commissioning.
Staff Facts & Figures
Staff Facts and Figures
17 Full Time Members of Staff, including the PCC: 77%
5 Part Time Members of Staff: 23%
Organisational Chart for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Festus Akinbusoye – The Police and Crime Commissioner
The Police and Crime Commissioner’s role is a busy one, but the PCC is supported by an Executive Team who help to shape the delivery of the policing agenda across the county and help action key executive decisions on a daily basis, and a team of administrative staff. Together they make up the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC).
Contact: PCC@beds.police.uk
PCC Salary – £73,300
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Please click on the link to view the PCC Gifts and Hospitality Log.
Notification of Disclosable Interests Log – Please click on the link to view the PCC Notification of Disclosable Interests Log.
Land/Premise owned and/or leased by the PCC – Please click on the link to view the log of land and premises owned and/or leased by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire.
Ian Dalgarno – Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
The Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner supports the work of the Police and Crime Commissioner, his office, and the delivery of his Police and Crime Plan.
Contact: PCC@beds.police.uk
Deputy PCC Salary – £32, 130 pro rata (3 days a week)
Notification of Disclosable Interests Log – Please click on the link to view the Deputy PCC’s Notification of Disclosable Interests Log.
Anna Villette – Chief Executive
Anna is the Chief Executive of the OPCC and has more than 20 years’ senior leadership experience working in and around local government and the emergency services, including time as a local councillor where she served on a Police and Crime Panel.
Chief Executive Salary: £105,000
Wayne Humberstone – Director of OPCC Operations (Grade SM3)
Wayne has nearly three decades of experience around various elements of Policing and also has responsibility for the day to day oversight of the staffing and projects within the OPCC.
Kimberley Lamb – Director of VERU (Grade SM3)
Kimberley is the Director of the Violence Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) and is responsible for the strategic and organisational coordination needed to achieve long term sustainable change around violent crime and exploitation in Bedfordshire, by developing practices, policies and innovative approaches.
Simon Powell – Head Of Victim Services and Commissioning (Grade SM1)
Simon is the Head of Victim Services and manages the Bedfordshire Victim Care Services (BVCS) hub.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Phil Eaton – Project Manager Policing and Contact
Phil manages projects set by the OPCC Chief of Staff to support the PCC’s priority area objectives.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Katie Beaumont – Head of Governance and Transparency (Grade SM1)
Katie assists the Chief Executive with all compliance and governance issues. She leads on all complaints which are received from the public. Katie is a Director for the Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA).
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Samantha Denness – Performance and Accountability Manager
Samantha carries out a wide variety of activities as well as monitoring, preparing, and analysing/interpreting performance information against the Police and Crime Plan, Local Criminal Justice Board plans and Project Plans. Samantha attends strategic meetings and prepares briefings and reports on performance outliers, exceptions and emerging issues as well as supporting the identification of areas for improvement on key aspects of service delivery. Samantha also line manages the two Compliance Officers and the Contacts Officer.
Samantha.Denness@beds.police.uk
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Bethany Coles – Compliance Officer
Bethany assists the Head of Governance and Transparency and the Performance and Accountability Manager with all compliance and governance duties. This includes Freedom of Information Requests, Subject Access Requests and managing the Independent Custody Visiting Scheme.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Anesu Banda – Compliance Officer
Anesu assists the Head of Governance and Transparency and the Performance and Accountability Manager with all compliance and governance duties. This includes the administration function of the Police and Crime Panel, Freedom of Information Requests, Subject Access Requests and managing the Community Scrutiny Panels (Stop and Search and Use of Force).
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Mary Robinson – Contacts Officer
Mary is responsible for dealing with communications received within the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, ensuring that correspondence received, is signposted to the appropriate department.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Leanne Friel – Senior Communications Officer
Leanne is the liaison between the organisation, the public, and the media to ensure that the activities of the PCC are relayed appropriately and on time.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Gemma McCormack – Executive Personal Assistant to the PCC and Office Manager
Gemma is the Executive Personal Assistant to the Police and Crime Commissioner and is the Office Manager.
Cara Gavin – Early Intervention and Reducing Reoffending Project Manager
Cara is responsible for supporting the PCC, Chief Executive and the Senior Management team in delivering and project managing for the Early Intervention and Reducing Reoffending elements in the Police and Crime Plan.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Jenna Skinner – Commissioning and Income Generation Lead
Jenna is the lead for Commissioning and Income Generation and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the commissioning function within the OPCC, co-ordinating all resources in a well-planned and controlled manner, as well as ensuring that requirements and resource levels are fully identified.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Tara Malciw – Commissioning Officer
Tara is the Commissioning Officer and is responsible for supporting the annual commissioning process and ensuring compliance with policy and process throughout the year. Tara works with commissioned individuals/organisations to ensure delivery of objectives.
Pauline Stewart – Executive Personal Assistant to Chief Executive
Pauline is the Executive Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive of the OPCC and provides a full range of support duties, as well as on occasions to the Senior Management Team.
Pauline.Stewart@beds.police.uk
Francoise Julian – Criminal Justice and Victims Project Manager
Francoise is the Project Manager for Criminal Justice and Victims within the OPCC. Francoise is also the Business Manager for the Bedfordshire Criminal Justice Board and the OPCC lead for the Board’s three workstreams; Reducing Reoffending, Victims and Witness Engagement.
Francoise.Julian@beds.police.uk
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Alysha Patel – Restorative Justice Coordinator
Alysha is the Restorative Justice Coordinator for the OPCC and is responsible for working with criminal justice, local authority and voluntary sector partners to develop and embed restorative justice practice across the county, maintaining a scalable and sustainable service that is victim-centred and accessible to local communities.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Karen Cotton – Safer Streets Coordinator
Karen supports the Safer Streets project within the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Bedfordshire.
Gifts and Hospitality Log – Nothing Claimed
Salary bandings
Scale 5 – £24,576 – £26,565
Scale 6 – £27, 432 – £29,331
SO1 – £32,394 – £34,326
SO2 – £35,307 – £37,134
PO1 – £36,231 – £39,183
PO2 – £38,064 – £41,517
PO3 – £46,545 – £49,806
PO4 – £49,806 – £53,079
‘Senior Employee’ means a member of the staff of an elected local policing body whose salary exceeds £58,200.
SM1 – £59,292 – £64,725
SM2 – £64,725 – £71,634
SM4 – £79,971 – £89,157
Bedfordshire Police HQ
Bridgebury House
Woburn Road
Kempston
Bedfordshire
MK43 9AX
Tel: 01234 842064
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