Vacancies
Independent Custody Visitors
Do you have what it takes to check prisoner welfare, custody conditions and police behaviour?
North Yorkshire Police Fire & Crime Commissioner, has responsibility for a team of ‘Independent Custody Visitors, a team of volunteers who make unannounced visits to police stations in North Yorkshire. They speak with people detained in custody, check their welfare and the conditions in which they are being held and submit reports on their visits.
Independent custody visiting is a vital element of the work of the Office of the Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner in ensuring that the police service is open and accountable to the people it serves. The scheme works to Home Office guidelines.
Independent Custody Visitors are an important part of holding policing to account locally. If you are interested in helping your community and want to volunteer, please consider this unique role.
The Commissioner is currently recruiting volunteers for the Harrogate, Scarborough and York areas.
Find out more about this role and how to apply
For more information or an informal discussion:
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- please call our office on 01423 569 562
- or email info@northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk
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On-call (retained) firefighter recruitment
On-call firefighters are trained firefighters who, rather than being based at a fire station, provide on-call cover from home and/or their place of work. They declare the periods in a week when they are available to respond to emergencies if called upon.
They respond to emergencies when their pager alerts them, so must work and/or live within approximately four minutes travel time from the fire station as they travel from that location to the fire station, where they then travel to the emergency in a fire service vehicle.