The Home Secretary retains the legal accountability for national security and the role that the police service plays within the delivery of any national response. The Home Secretary has a duty to issue a Strategic Policing Requirement that sets out what are, in their view, the national threats at the time and the appropriate national policing capabilities that are required to counter them. PCCs and Chief Constables must have regard to the Strategic Policing Requirement and PCCs should take into account national policy when delivering their police and crime plans.