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THE ROLE OF THE POLICE COMMITTEE: CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND (1)

01 January 1991

THE ROLE OF THE POLICE COMMITTEE: CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND
SOCIAL REALITIES
refdoc July=1991

JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 003956
P A J Waddington
Local Gov Stud, Sep/Oct 1984 10(5) pp24-42

Considers two issues raised by B Loveday in Local Government
Studies, Jan/Feb 1983, pp39-52: the balance between accountability
and control, and the effect of police practice of changes in the
relationship between Chief Constables and Police Committees.
Concludes that the extension of Committee powers to cover
operational decisions and policies would compromise the position of
the police as part of the non sectional judicial arm of the state.
Favours instead an independent Standing Judicial Commission
to oversee professional standards. 45 notes and references.

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