Police and Fire Network

Welcome to the Police and Fire Network – briefing and advising police forces, offices of police and crime commissioners and fire and rescue authorities.

Your advisor – Alison Dewhirst – works closely with the Home Office, HMIC, and the CIPFA Police and Fire Panel, NPCC Finance and Resources Committee, Police and Crime Commissioners' Treasurers' Society and the Fire Finance Network on strategic policing and fire and rescue related issues. These include police and fire reform, financial and accounting developments and corporate transformation issues to keep you at the forefront of police and fire legislation, policy, current issues and anticipated future developments.

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Alison Dewhirst, Police Advisor, Police Network | LinkedIn Profile

Alison has worked in and for policing for over twenty years since her first days as a researcher for City of London Police and has experienced an incredible amount of change in the sector over that time. Alison runs the CIPFA Police and Fire Network, running events and writing publications. She contributes to the CIPFA Police Panel and works closely with CIPFA policy and technical colleagues on police accounting issues. E: alison.dewhirst@cipfa.org, T: 01904 675587.

Latest content

Annual Police and Fire Conference 2018
14 November 2018
Spring Strategic Briefings 2018
17 October 2018
Introduction to the Knowledge and Skills of the Police Audit Committee
17 October 2018

Latest events

Introduction to Group Accounts Part 2 Preparing Local Authority Group Accounts and accounting for Collaborative Arrangements
30/11/2018, Novotel Leeds Hotel
Force Management Statements Learning From Year 1 and Preparing for Year 2
05/12/2018

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