Section 25 of the Police Act 1996
'The chief officer of a police force may provide, at the request of any person, special policing services at any premises or in any locality in the police area for which the force is maintained, subject to the payment to the police authority of charges on such scales as may be determined by that authority.'
South Wales Police is permitted to charge for the policing of certain events, including football matches, visits by VIPs (not Royalty), for custody use, commercial events, charitable events, community events, statutory events and private functions.
The Force uses national guidance to charge for the policing of events, which is designed to offset the cost to the taxpayer of overtime and extra staffing required for some events.
Our current charges per hour are:
|
C Supt |
£94.78 |
|
Supt
|
£84.96 |
|
C Insp |
£69.67 |
|
Insp
|
£66.57 |
|
Sgt
|
£66.91 |
|
PC |
£58.34 |
|
PCSO |
£26.46 |
|
Traffic warden |
£21.65 |
In some cases, staff members will be deployed instead of officers to fulfill certain specialist roles. Rates for these depend on the role and will be provided to event organisers on request.
If you have an enquiry in relation to this policy then please email
pre-plannedevents@south-wales.pnn.police.uk
Charges as of 1st July 2010