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Sent: 16 September 2014 10:17 To: Michelle Buttery; GROUP - OPCC;

Subject: RE: EMBARGOED - URGENT - Notice of the intention of the Police and Crime Commissioner to provide notice of his resignation, and the requirement for a Police and Crime Panel extraordinary

meeting - Restricted

Dea All, Please find statement on our website: http://www.southyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/News-Archive/2014/Shaun-Wright-Resignation-Statement.aspx This is now live – thanks to all for help in issuing.

From: Michelle Buttery

Sent: 16 September 2014 09:17 To: GROUP - OPCC;

Subject: FW: EMBARGOED - URGENT - Notice of the intention of the Police and Crime Commissioner

to provide notice of his resignation, and the requirement for a Police and Crime Panel extraordinary meeting - Restricted

Importance: High

Please find below and attached an email and media release which should be self-explanatory. Clearly, this news brings to a head all of the issues we have been dealing with as the OPCC over the last three weeks. However, it also means that there is a busy period ahead to ensure there is a smooth transition to new leadership. I ask that you continue to support me through this unprecedented time, and that you remain professional and committed to serving the public of South Yorkshire, as you have done unquestionably so far. I shall provide you with regular communication, and will hold a staff meeting at the earliest opportunity but, in the meantime, please do not hesitate to raise any questions, issues or concerns with the Senior Management Team in the first instance, and with me ultimately. Thanks all.

Michelle Michelle Buttery Chief Executive and Solicitor to the Police & Crime Commissioner Tel: 01226 77

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From: Michelle Buttery Sent: 16 September 2014 08:24

To: @barnsley.gov.uk Cc:

Subject: EMBARGOED - URGENT - Notice of the intention of the Police and Crime Commissioner to

provide notice of his resignation, and the requirement for a Police and Crime Panel extraordinary meeting - Restricted

Importance: High

Diana – further to my email below, the Commissioner has now indicated his intention to resign which will be communicated through a media release which is embargoed until 10 am today (draft attached). Shaun intends that that release will constitute notice to you as ‘Appropriate Officer’ of his resignation under Section 61 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, which will trigger a bi-election under Section 51 of the Act and the requirement for the Panel’s approval of an ‘Acting Commissioner’ under Section 62(1)(a) of the Act. We clearly now need to work together with the Police and Crime Panel and the Home Office to ensure adequate arrangements are in place. My recommendation is that Steve Pick, Treasurer, be immediately approved as ‘Acting Commissioner’ by the Police and Crime Panel, given the options I set out in my original email below. Steve has now indicated his willingness to be so considered by the Panel. I have prepared my report to the Panel to this effect ready. We have now agreed by telephone that we shall meet here at 9.15am (the Chief Constable will be here then too) and then I suggest we meet urgently (by telephone conference if necessary) with the Panel’s Chair (Cllr Harpham) and monitoring officer

(Jacquie Collins), the Chief Constable, and probably a Home Office representative - I can of course arrange this. Yours,

Michelle Michelle Buttery Chief Executive and Solicitor to the Police & Crime Commissioner Tel: 01226 77

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From: Michelle Buttery Sent: 01 September 2014 20:34

To: Cc:

Subject: RE: Police and Crime Panel extraordinary meeting - Restricted Importance: High

Dear – The Commissioner has publicly stated his intention not to resign, but I , the Police and Crime Panel and the ‘Appropriate Officer’ / Returning Officer – Diana Terris, all have a professional duty to consider everything that would need to be put in place should that decision change, and I need to stress the imperative of urgent action in that event not least because the public and the media would immediately ask, upon any resignation decision being notified, "Who is the Commissioner now?". The post

would become immediately vacant upon receipt by the Appropriate Officer of notice of the resignation (s61 of the 2011 Act); and the Panel immediately comes under a duty to appoint an Acting Commissioner (s62(1)(a) of the 2011 Act). I have been discussing options for that eventuality with the Home Office, on the absolutely clear understanding that I wasn’t seeking to pre-empt a decision that was properly for the Commissioner to make, and it would be a decision for the Panel who should be appointed as the Acting Commissioner (but the 2011 Act makes clear that that person should be a person who is already a member of the Commissioner’s staff at that point in time: s62(2) of the 2011 Act). In my professional opinion, the four options for ‘Acting Commissioner’ at this point are:-

1. Tracey Cheetham (if she either withdraws her resignation or, in the event that it is considered she should serve her notice period under her current contract despite the PCC’s resignation, that notice period is extended, given the time required to hold a bi-election). However, the way her resignation has been reported in the media makes this option difficult in the eyes of the public;

2. Me – but I have seriously considered this option and am not putting myself forward;

3. Steve Pick (Temporary Treasurer) – has not indicated whether he would be prepared to put himself forward; and

4. A person yet to be appointed by the PCC on a temporary contract, but who could be so appointed – in that event, I would recommend that such a person is independent (in the apolitical sense, and in terms of the issues facing South Yorkshire currently), to hold office in an administration/caretaker sense until the bi-election.

Please let me know whether you wish to discuss this matter further. The Panel may have had their own thoughts on this issue and I repeat that this email is sent so that we may all consider these unprecedented issues as early as possible, cognisant that the approval of an ‘Acting Commissioner’ would be a matter for the Panel.

Michelle Michelle Buttery Chief Executive and Solicitor to the Police & Crime Commissioner Tel: 01226 77

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