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Scrutiny Committee

The Committee monitors the performance of the Constabulary against the targets in the three-year Policing Plan. In order to achieve this, the Committee establishes quality assured time-limited topic groups to investigate any particular issues that merit more detailed scrutiny.
The committee will comprise 6 members and usually meet 6 times a year.


Agenda and Committee Reports

Approved minutes

Terms of reference

1. To scrutinise Constabulary performance against the three year Policing Plan. This scrutiny will cover all sections of the plan including those related to HR.
2. To establish and quality assure topic groups to investigate any particular issues that merit more detailed scrutiny.
3. To monitor the Constabulary’s implementation of various reports containing recommendations e.g. HMIC.
4. To report to the full Police Authority following each full meeting.

Topic Groups

Below are a list of Topic Groups and their final reports. Please click on the higlighted listing to read the final report. Those not highlighted are ongoing. 

  1. Police Behaviour
  2. Frontline Performance Management
  3. Mobile Data ANPR  including Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Technology
  4. Policing Pledge
  5. Bail Issues
  6. Child Protection
  7. Reducing Bureaucracy
  8. Missing Persons
  9. Domestic Violence
  10. Corporate Communications