Agenda item

Ellie Greenwood, Senior Advisor, introduced the paper seeking the Board’s views on key issues around the handling of complaints about Police and Crime Commissioners by Police and Crime Panels (PCPs).

The consultation proposes a number of measures including: developing guidance on what constitutes a complaint; whether PCPs should be subject to the Nolan Principles of public life and measures to handle persistent and vexatious complaints.

The consultation also proposes giving PCPs the power to appoint someone to investigate a complaint, removing the restriction on panels investigating complaints. The governments preferred option is that this be the PCC’s monitoring officer. Members felt there should be flexibility on who panels are able to appoint, but felt that utilising groups of council monitoring officers might overcome resourcing constraints.

Decision:

The Board approved the draft response.

Action:

Officers to progress taking into account members comments.