Julia Mulligan

Julia Mulligan is the Conservative North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. She is the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012.[1] Mulligan stood as the official Conservative Party PCC candidate and previously served as a local district councillor, in Craven, where she lives. She also stood for parliament in the 2010 general election.[2]

Julia Mulligan
Mulligan speaking at a Policy Exchange meeting in 2013
North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner
Assumed office
15 November 2012
Personal details
Born1967
Bradford
Political partyConservative

Mulligan was elected North Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner in November 2012, and was re-elected in May 2016. On 15 November 2018 she became the North Yorkshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner, taking over the governance of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Role

As a Police and Crime Commissioner, Ms Mulligan is responsible for the "efficient and effective policing" of North Yorkshire. The role of the PCCs is to be the voice of the people and hold the police to account. They are responsible for the totality of policing. PCCs aim to cut crime and deliver an effective and efficient police service within their force area. PCCs have been elected by the public to hold Chief Constables and the force to account, effectively making the police answerable to the communities they serve. PCCs ensure community needs are met as effectively as possible, and are improving local relationships through building confidence and restoring trust. They work in partnership across a range of agencies at local and national level to ensure there is a unified approach to preventing and reducing crime.[3]

In July 2018, Mulligan announced Lisa Winward as the Police and Crime Commissioner's preferred candidate to become North Yorkshire Police's substantive Chief Constable, and on 15 August 2018 she was confirmed in post by the Police and Crime Panel, becoming the permanent Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police.[4] In April 2013, Mulligan appointed Dave Jones as the new Chief Constable for North Yorkshire.[5]

Fire Commissioner

In November 2018, responsibility for governance and oversight of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service transferred to Mulligan as the elected North Yorkshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner.[6] After a successful campaign, Mulligan became the police and fire commissioner for North Yorkshire in the autumn of 2018. The joint plan had been opposed by North Yorkshire County Council and York City Council, but it was approved by Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, in June 2018.[7] In January 2019, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Mulligan named her preferred candidate for the role of interim Chief Fire Officer for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Following an intense day-long interview process, Andrew Brodie will now be put forward to the Police, Fire and Crime Panel for their confirmation.[8]

Salary

The Salaries of the majority of the PCCs are between £70,000 and £85,000, although the commissioners overseeing the three major forces of Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and West Midlands each receive £100,000.[9] Mulligan is paid £74,400,[10] a salary which was set by the Senior Salaries Review Body.

Political career

In 2006 Mulligan was elected as the ward councillor for Upper Wharfedale in Craven District where she lives.[11] During her time as a local councillor she was a member of the Planning Committee and Policy Committee. In May 2010 Mulligan stood as the Conservative candidate for the marginal parliamentary seat of Leeds North West, losing to the incumbent Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland.[12]

North Yorkshire Improvements

Supporting Victims – Mulligan has increased the service available to victims of domestic and sexual abuse, moving from 4 Independent Sexual/Domestic Abuse Advisors, spending approximately £120k on the service, to investing £410k and funding 14 Independent Sexual/Domestic Abuse Advisors. This has seen the number of men and women being supported the these advisors from 384 to over 800.

Better support for those with mental ill-health – Following a successful high-profile campaign, Mulligan also helped establish four health-based places of safety in North Yorkshire, so that people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act no longer have to be detained in police cells. Before 2013, our county was the only place in the UK without these facilities.

Street Triage - Mulligan also funds street triage services, which sees mental health nurses and police officers patrol together, as well as mental health nurse in the control room to help support and guide officers through complex incidents involving people with mental ill-health.

Road safety – the Commissioner has invested significantly in road safety, including £1m on Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology, protecting North Yorkshire's borders, as well as increasing the number of safety camera vehicles from 1 to 12.

Community Speed Watch - Most recently, Mulligan led to the development of the Community Speed Watch initiative, which is now up and running across North Yorkshire.[2]

Other Responsibilities

Transparency - Police and Crime Commissioners are subject to a strict regime surrounding their expenses and expenditure. Police and Crime Commissioner Mulligan takes her responsibilities in this respect extremely seriously and is committed to providing as much information as possible. For example, the Commissioner publishes all expenditure for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, even though the statutory minimum is £500.[13]

Public Accountability - The formal meeting that performs this important role is the monthly Public accountability meeting. The meeting is made up from members of the Executive Board, other Chief Officers and Heads of Department. It supported by performance and change management / planning staff. The Commissioner and the Chief Constable chair the meeting jointly because both expect the police service to be performing at its best and both have a role in ensuring actions are delivered by the teams reporting into them. Jointly chairing the meeting also embeds the Commissioner and the Chief's philosophy of working in close partnership.[14]

Precept - Setting the charge known as the precept for 2019/20 is part of Mulligan's role. She has consulted on the policing precept since she became the Commissioner in 2012 but is consulting on the fire and rescue service precept for the first time in 2018/19, following transfer of governance. Residents are asked how much they would be prepared to pay per year in their council tax bill. The options reflect the government's announcement on police funding.[15]

National Rural Crime Network (NRCN)

Having grown up on a hill farm, and being responsible for one of the largest rural police forces in the country, Mulligan is also very keen to ensure rural communities are served effectively. To this end, she was a founding member of the new National Rural Crime Network and was appointed as its inaugural Chairman, in the summer of 2014, and is a post she still holds.[2] Established in July 2014, the Network is now supported by 30 Police and Crime Commissioners and police forces across England and Wales. Mulligan chairs the Network and the Vice-chair is Tim Passmore, PCC for Suffolk. In addition to PCCs and the police, the Network includes a wide range of other bodies with a deep interest in community safety and rural affairs, ranging from Neighbourhood Watch to Historic England.[16] Vision of the NRCN is a thriving rural community – all those who live, work or enjoy the countryside – that feels safe, understood and is secure. Mission of the NRCN is based on an in depth understanding of the needs, concerns and threats to rural communities, make substantive policy and practice improvements Objectives of the NRCN is to give rural communities a voice. Act as a multi-agency think tank on rural policing and criminal justice policy and practice, to ensure the needs of rural communities and victims are better served nationally and locally. Protect the rural economy by influencing and improving policy regarding rural policing and community safety, actively seeking to change legislation where necessary. Become a central hub for practitioners, encouraging national and regional outlets for discussions on rural crime issues between relevant rural partners, watch groups and appropriate national organisations, proactively sharing best practice. Increase reporting of rural crime and wider community safety issues.[17]

Headlines

January 2019 - A Yorkshire police and crime commissioner has revealed for the first time that she was raped as a 15-year-old. The 51-year-old, who grew up in a North Yorkshire village, said the sexual assault took place 36 years ago and she only told her family and closest friends about it late last year. Mrs Mulligan says she did not report the incident to police at the time as she was "dealing with the here and now of what's happened" and partly blamed herself for her ordeal. She does not want to speak publicly about the specifics as this might prompt the police to try and investigate the incident, adding: "I have lived with this for so long now that I don't want to go there." [18]

October 2018 - A session of the North Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel upheld a complaint of bullying against Mulligan. The panel decided that four individuals had been subjected to bullying behaviour by Mulligan during her time as the Police and Crime Commissioner. The panel noted that Mulligan did not set out to bully anyone, however the examples given and evidence submitted suggested that she had displayed "characteristics of bullying behaviour".[19] Mulligan responded that she was shocked and disappointed and that "were there a mechanism to appeal, I would certainly do so".[20]

September 2018 - Campaign to change law for revenge porn victims. North Yorkshire's police, fire and crime commissioner carried out a survey with the victims of revenge porn. Mulligan says her new research suggests victims are suffering in silence, afraid and unwilling to report offences, because of a fear they will not be taken seriously and will be named and shamed. She has been campaigning for a change in the law to protect those who have their privacy breaches and their most intimate moments shared online. At the moment, the offences are classed as communication crimes rather than sexual ones – meaning anyone can name victims – across newspapers, social media and the web.[21]

References
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