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Decisions and approvals

Decision making by the Police and Crime Commissioner is based on the principles of good governance – about people in public office doing the right thing, in the right way, for the right people in a timely, inclusive, open, honest and accountable manner.

Decisions made by the police and crime commissioner are informed, open and transparent. The police and crime commissioner will seek, where possible, to give advance notice of when significant public interest decisions will be made.

Below you can find the ‘decision making records’ that support those decisions.  These records contain the background information considered and the decision that was approved. Where a decision or approval was taken to the Policing and Crime Joint Executive (PCJE) or the OPCC Executive Leadership Board this is indicated. All downloads are in PDF format.

The decision-making process that the Commissioner and their office follows can be found here. If a decision or approval notice you would like to view is not listed here, or you would like to see supporting documents referenced in these notices, please contact our office.

Decision notices: 2025

Retirement of former Chief Constable Will Kerr

Contract extension of Interim Chief Constable James Vaughan

Decision to not abate pension of interim Chief Constable

Budget precept proposals

Decision notices: 2024

Torbay Business Awards sponsorship

Decision date: July 26, 2024

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Westcountry Women Awards sponsorship

Torbay Community Development Trust grant

Appointment of Interim Chief Constable

Suspension of Acting Chief Constable

Appointment of a Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner

Funding for Dartmoor National Park Marshals

PCC's Budget Precept Proposals 2024/25

Opening of four police enquiry offices in 2024-25

Decision notices: 2023

Funding of a children's trauma therapist

Completion of the Independent Review for Victim Care Pathways

A Safer Keyham: Follow-up community survey

Suspension of Chief Constable Will Kerr

Community safety grant to Exmoor Rural Crime Partnership

PCC's budget precept proposals 2023-24

Decision notices: 2022

Match funding of Increased Intelligence Capacity within Drugs Desk

Preferred candidate for Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police

Decision date: September 1, 2022

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Community safety grant to the Bodmin Rural Crime Initiative

Community safety grant to the Dartmoor Rural Crime Partnership

Special grant to the Isles of Scilly Community Safety Partnership

Safer Keyham Independent Academic Evaluation

Safer Keyham Community Sparks Fund

PCC's budget precept proposals 2022-23

Decision date: February 9, 2022

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