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<p>Police and Crime Plans are an important strategic planning tool for Police and
Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and were introduced as a statutory requirement for commissioners
as part of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. Section 5 of that
Act stipulates that a PCC must issue a new Police and Crime plan as soon as practicable
after taking office – a commissioner may also vary an existing plan or issue a new
one at any time, the frequency with which this is done is determined on the basis
of local need.</p><p>Alongside this, section 7 of that Act requires PCCs to set out
the victims’ services that are planned for the rest of the period that the PCC will
hold office in their police and crime plan. PCCs are also required to produce an annual
report at the end of each financial year to provide the public with an update on the
progress which has been made in meeting the police and crime objectives contained
within the plan and the victims and witness services that have been commissioned and
provided (section 12 of that Act).</p>
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