Environment and Sustainability
Climate change is an important issue for the people of Lancashire, and my role as PCC provides a strong mandate as the public’s voice to ensure that policing is striving to meet its challenges and taking the steps to mitigate the risks that climate change poses.
Protecting our environment is a responsibility for all of us, no organisation is exempt. As a key public service, policing must play its part. Through the Force Sustainability Strategy, I will ensure Lancashire Constabulary, together with commissioned services, are employing environmentally friendly and sustainable practices.
Fleet
As the world moves to more sustainable motoring methods, demand on Fleet Services will steadily increase as the force transitions to new and emerging vehicle technology.
Operational Policing still relies heavily on its internal combustion engine vehicles benefiting from long consistent range, short and accessible refuelling stops and ease of repair. The Force must evolve alongside policing models to accommodate the move to new technology and use data to align vehicles to the right operational roles and available infrastructure.
Estate
The decisions on the buildings within Lancashire Constabulary can make a major positive difference to environment and sustainability.
Much of the police estate is dated and Lancashire needs to invest to ensure optimal working arrangements and that officers and staff feel valued. Therefore I will oversee the multi-million-pound refresh of force infrastructure.
This includes the ambitious Critical Policing Infrastructure Programme (CPIP), multiyear programme to redevelop the HQ sites at Saunders Lane and Lindle Lane. This achieved planning consent in January 2024, with work likely to start on site in 2025.
Construction work on the new Pendle Police Station, a new-build scheme which I commissioned in my last term, commenced on site in early 2024.
Meanwhile, the refurbishment of the Euxton Lane site for the new Chorley Police Station is also set to start work in late 2024.
Social Value
Many of the innovations introduced into Lancashire Constabulary create wider social benefit for local communities.
The OPCC and Lancashire Constabulary recognise the important role we can play in enabling sustainable development through procurement and commissioning activity. Through our approach to social value, we will integrate economic, environmental and social sustainability into our procurement and commissioning processes.
A policy is in place to ensure that all resources are used wisely, that we protect and enhance the environment whilst ensuring the efficient use of resources and delivery of value for money.
The redevelopment of the Constabulary headquarters alone, will deliver more than £50m in social value to Lancashire through a collaborative commitment to improving economic, social and environmental wellbeing.
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