Northamptonshire Police and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service will be working to make sure that their support services are brought more closely together, to improve efficiency, be more affordable and provide more capacity.
Northamptonshire Police and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue support services to work more closely together
To make these important changes and shape the support services of the future, a new role, Director of Transformation, will be recruited to work across both organisations and bring together services such as vehicle fleet, estates and finance.
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold said: “Combining the services that support police and fire makes good sense, it will give a consistent and high quality service that is efficient and affordable in the future.”
The post, which will report directly to the Chief Constable and Chief Fire Officer, has been funded from savings made by a restructure in the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, so will have no impact on the budget of either Northamptonshire Police or Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Chief Constable Nick Adderley, said: “For some time now, both police and fire have shared a joined up governance structure, it therefore comes as a natural step to undertake the critical work of bringing together key functions across both public services.”
Darren Dovey, Chief Fire Officer for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: “After a challenging few years of under-investment, we need more capacity in our enabling services to take those next steps forward.”
