Welcome from the Chair, Assistant Chief Constable - Bill Holland
Welcome to the Web pages of the Warwickshire Criminal Justice Board.
We hope you will find this site interesting and informative. Its main purpose is to keep you up to date on current issues within the criminal justice system (CJS) and to explain how local CJS organisations are working together to provide a more inclusive, efficient service for the people of Warwickshire
As Board members we are committed to protecting the public by bringing more criminals to justice, to ensuring victims and witnesses receive the service they expect and rightly deserve, and to raising public confidence in the CJS as it operates locally here in Warwickshire.
In its relatively short lifetime the Board has witnessed many major changes in the criminal justice system and we are working constantly to achieve newly set targets as well as improve on existing ones.
During the past twelve months, for example, we have accelerated the timetable in bringing offences to justice so that there is, currently, only a 72 day period between an individual being charged with an alleged offence and, if guilty, being sentenced.
We have consulted widely with different communities in Warwickshire, including members of minority groups, to see that our priorities reflect the needs and concerns of local people.
The website is an important part of our strategy to ensure that everyone who lives and works in Warwickshire, or visits here, is kept up to date with the Board's ambitions and achievements and so feels more confident about the way the CJS operates as an effective partnership in reducing crime and keeping communities safe.
Please take time to have a look around the site and if any further questions arise please do not hesitate to contact us.
Bill Holland
Chair of the Warwickshire Criminal Justice Board
Assistant Chief Constable, Warwickshire Police
