Police and crime commissioners

Police and crime commissioners are elected by the public to ensure the policing needs of communities are met as effectively as possible and to oversee how crime is tackled in your police force area.

Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Choose My PCC website.

This website is run by the the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

While we believe that this site complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, we appreciate that that the following areas could be improved upon:

  • The cookie banner does not retain focus when it is active. This makes it possible for keyboard users to navigate the site without dismissing the cookie banner, which could cause confusion.

Reporting an accessibility issues

Should you identify an accessibility concern with any component of this website, we kindly request that you report the details to us at choosemypcctechnicalsupport@levellingup.gov.uk. We are committed to addressing and resolving such issues promptly.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

We believe this website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 26 April 2024. The site was last tested on this date and was carried out by DLUHC staff.

The approach we took was to test each template (homepage, search results page, area landing page, candidate details page, standard page) individually.