Deputy PCC attends National Neighbourhood Watch conference
Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, (DPCC) Ian Dalgarno attended the Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) Crime and Community Conference last week. The purpose of the conference is to reflect on the impact of work over the past year, celebrate achievements of the NHW volunteers across England and Wales and share best practice moving forward. The chair of […]
Deputy PCC attends regional Roads Safety Summit
Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner (DPCC), Ian Dalgarno attended the Roads Safety Summit last week. The event, organised by Lincolnshire’s PCC Marc Jones, showcased innovations from around the region that are being used to cut the number of road accidents. Mr Jones believes that the East of England and East Midlands Road Safety Summit offers […]
PCC visits the College of Policing
Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Festus Akinbusoye visited the College of Policing earlier this week as part of his role on the Board of Directors. Following the PCC’s appointment by the Home Secretary in April 2021, he has taken a keen interest in supporting the work of the College to increase standardisation of best […]
Beds PCC shows his support at opening of Flitwick football pitch
Police and Crime Commissioner, Festus Akinbusoye attended the grand opening of the new state-of-the-art football pitch at the Flitwick Community Football Centre this week. A grant was awarded to Central Bedfordshire Council for the pitch to serve Flitwick, Ampthill, and the surrounding area. The Commissioner was honoured to be invited alongside the Flitwick Football Clubs, […]
Commissioner launches ‘You said, we did’ campaign
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner have launched a ‘You said, We did’ campaign to highlight the achievements of the Police and Crime Commissioner following the launch of his annual report last month. The campaign highlights the Commissioners work to date under each of the seven priorities in the Police and Crime Plan. […]
PCC secures funding for fourth Safer Streets project in Bedfordshire
More than £1 million is to be invested in projects to improve community safety in Bedfordshire after the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) secured funding from the fourth round of the Safer Streets project. Around £730,000 will be spent to support efforts to tackle violence against women and girls and make them feel safer […]
Update from Bedfordshire PCC on interim leadership arrangements for Bedfordshire Police
Following the announcement that Chief Constable Garry Forsyth is retiring in the new year, some interim leadership arrangements need to be put into place. From 26 September 2022, Deputy Chief Constable Trevor Rodenhurst will become the Acting Chief Constable for Bedfordshire Police. Assistant Chief Constable Dan Vajzovic, currently Head of the Eastern Region […]
Beds PCC launches first Annual Report
Police and Crime Commissioner, Festus Akinbusoye has launched his first Annual Report for 2021-22. The report, published this week, gives an overview of progress made against the PCCs strategic objectives from his Police and Crime Plan. The PCC said: “I am pleased to publish my first Annual Report. I am delighted to say that, with […]
Work experience students ‘wow’ Beds PCC with social campaign
Fifteen teenagers have been given a unique opportunity to find out what working for Bedfordshire Police is like, after the force launched its very own work experience programme. The youngsters from schools across the county enjoyed a packed fortnight of activities at the force’s headquarters in Kempston. They were given behind-the-scenes access to different departments, […]
Bedfordshire Police Chief Constable Garry Forsyth has announced he is stepping down from his role after five years with the force.
He has 28 years’ service with policing across a number of forces including West Midlands Police and the Met and joined Bedfordshire as Deputy Chief Constable in 2017, becoming Chief two years later. Mr Forsyth has helped turn Bedfordshire Police around to become recognised as one of the country’s leading forces across a range of […]