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UK: Disgraced police chief who tried to help a relative join his force gets £200,000 payout
A chief constable who admitted gross misconduct is in line to receive more than
£200,000 in compensation after his police authority decided not to renew his
contract.
It has emerged that North Yorkshire Police Authority would have to make the
payment to Grahame Maxwell because he is required to leave his £133,000-a year
post before being able to secure his full pension entitlement after 30 years of
service.
The payment - which is governed by nationally-agreed chief officer regulations -
must be made after Mr Maxwell leaves the force next May unless he obtains
another job in the police service.
The authority, which is already shouldering its share of severe public spending
cuts, acknowledged it was aware of the potential financial burden when it decided
not to extend Mr Maxwell's fixed-term contract beyond the current five-year term.
Julian Smith, Tory MP for Skipton and Ripon, described the sums surrounding Mr
Maxwell's pension and the potential compensation as 'staggering', adding the
police authority had to be transparent about any payments made.
It is believed to be the first time the compensation regulation would be activated
following a decision not to renew a chief constable's contract.
And the payment places a significant financial question mark against the
Government's plans to make it easier for chief constables to be removed under the
new elected police commissioners who are due to replace police authorities next
year.
A Home Office spokeswoman said the regulation would be looked at as part of an
ongoing review of police pay and conditions by Tom Winsor, who was
commissioned by the Home Secretary a year ago.
Mr Maxwell, 50, admitted gross misconduct after an inquiry found he tried to
unfairly help a relative during a recruitment exercise.
He will have completed 28-and-a-half years of service when his contract ends
and under national police pension and employment rules he is entitled to a
compensation payment because he is leaving before he has 30 years of service
under his belt.
The payment is based on a calculation of the difference between the lump sum he
would have been entitled to if he had completed 30 years and the lump sum
entitlement for 28-and-a-half years.
North Yorkshire Police Authority has declined to reveal the exact sum Mr Maxwell
would be entitled to receive but calculations based around his £133,000 final
salary and the general pension regulations show a lump sum payment after 30
years comfortably in excess of £400,000 while the figure for 28-and-a-half years
drops to under £200,000.
Under the national regulations, Mr Maxwell would receive 85 per cent of the
difference.
Mr Smith said: 'I think that North Yorkshire taxpayers will be surprised by this
news.
'It is very important that the Police Authority is clear to the public about exactly
what it is paying out.
'The overall sums are staggering and I hope that the national review of pay and
conditions will look at this.'
A Home Office spokeswoman said: 'If a chief officer's fixed-term appointment is
not renewed, they are entitled to compensation as set out under the relevant Police
Negotiating Board agreement.
'Tom Winsor is looking at how officers, including chief officers, leave the service
as part of his pay and conditions review.
'This will be published in January.'
The police authority, which refused Mr Maxwell's request to extend his contract
last month, underlined that any chief constable would be entitled to the payment
and there was no separate 'exit package' for Mr Maxwell.
Chief executive Jeremy Holderness confirmed that the need for a police authority
to make a statutory compensation payment to a chief officer whose Fixed Term
Appointment comes to an end before that officer achieves 30 years of service
was one, but only one, of a number of relevant factors taken into account when
deciding not to extend his contract.
The chief constable is understood to be seeking another job in the police service.
He declined to comment.
Neither the Association of Chief Police Officers nor the Chief Police Officers' Staff
Association would comment on the principles surrounding the compensation
regulation.
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