Interim leadership team proposed following resignation of North Yorkshire PFCC
The vacancy left by the resignation of North Yorkshire’s police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) Philip Allott looks likely to be filled temporarily by a management team.
Under a proposal set to go before the police, fire and crime panel next week, the team, led by Jenni Newbury, head of commissioning and partnerships for the North Yorkshire PFCC, would take charge on an interim basis.
A by-election for the North Yorkshire PFCC is due to be held on November 25.
PFCC chief executive Simon Dennis said that ahead of the election, and in accordance with the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, the North Yorkshire police, fire and crime panel “must appoint an acting commissioner from within the paid staff of the Commissioner’s Office to undertake the role in the intervening period”.
He added: “At their meeting on Thursday November 4, the panel will be asked to consider a proposal that the Commissioner’s Office be run by the executive management team on a stewardship basis, with Jenni Newberry, head of commissioning and partnerships, nominated as acting commissioner as part of that team approach.
“If approved by the panel, Mrs Newberry would take up the position, working alongside myself and assistant chief executives Tom Thorp and Caroline Blackburn, until the newly-elected commissioner assumes the role following their election.”
Mr Allott resigned after making what he described as a series of “insensitive” comments during an interview on BBC Radio York in relation to the murder of Sarah Everard.