Part II Central Supervision, Direction and Facilities

Inspectors of constabulary

C1C7C2C854 Appointment and functions of inspectors of constabulary.

1

Her Majesty may appoint such number of inspectors (to be known as “Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary”) as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine, and of the persons so appointed one may be appointed as chief inspector of constabulary.

2

The inspectors of constabulary shall inspect, and report F4... on the efficiency and effectiveness of, every police force maintained for a police area F1... F33... F22....

F322A

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F242B

The Secretary of State may at any time require the inspectors of constabulary to carry out an inspection under this section of a police force maintained for any police area; and a requirement under this subsection may include a requirement for the inspection to be confined to a particular part of the force in question, to particular matters or to particular activities of that force.

F102BA

The local policing body for a police area may at any time request the inspectors of constabulary to carry out an inspection under this section of a police force maintained for that police area; and a request under this subsection may include a request for the inspection to be confined to a particular part of the force in question, to particular matters or to particular activities of that force.

2BB

Where a local policing body requests the inspectors to carry out an inspection under subsection (2BA), the body must pay to the inspectors such reasonable costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with the inspection as the inspectors may require.

F212C

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C6C5C4F232D

It shall be the duty of the chief inspector of constabulary—

a

to enter into arrangements with the F6Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (“the Director General”) for the purpose of securing cooperation, in the carrying out of their respective functions, between the inspectors of constabulary and F11the Director General; and

b

to ensure that inspectors of constabulary provide F15the Director General with all such assistance and co-operation as may be required by those arrangements or as otherwise appears to the chief inspector to be appropriate for facilitating the carrying out by F15the Director General of F30his or her functions.

3

The inspectors of constabulary shall carry out such other duties for the purpose of furthering police efficiency and effectiveness as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.

F283A

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4

The chief inspector of constabulary shall in each year submit to the Secretary of State a report F7on the carrying out of inspections under this section, and the F17chief inspector shall lay a copy of that report before Parliament.

F264A

A report under subsection (4) must include the chief inspector's assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales for the year in respect of which the report is prepared.

5

The inspectors of constabulary shall be paid such salary and allowances as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

F316

Schedule 4A (which makes further provision about the inspectors of constabulary) has effect.

F277

For the purposes of this section, a police force includes—

a

staff appointed by the chief officer of police of the police force;

F13aa

persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;

b

staff appointed by a local policing body if, or to the extent that, they are employed to assist the police force;

c

persons providing services, in pursuance of contractual arrangements (but without being employed by the chief officer of police of the police force or its local policing body), to assist the police force in relation to the discharge of its chief officer's functions;

d

any other persons if, or to the extent that, they are engaged by virtue of any enactment in carrying out the activities of the police force.

C3C7C2C855 Publication of reports.

F201

The inspectors of constabulary must arrange for any report prepared under section 54 to be published in such manner as appears to the inspectors to be appropriate.

F162

But the inspectors of constabulary must exclude from publication under subsection (1) anything that the inspectors consider—

a

would be against the interests of national security, or

b

might jeopardise the safety of any person.

F162A

The inspectors must disclose to the Secretary of State anything excluded from publication by virtue of subsection (2).

F33

The inspectors of constabulary must send a copy of the published report to—

a

the Secretary of State,

b

the local policing body maintaining the police force to which the report relates,

c

the chief officer of police of that police force, and

d

any police and crime panel established under section 28 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 for the police area of that police force.

4

The F9local policing body shall invite the chief officer of police to submit comments on the published report to the F29body before such date as it may specify.

5

The F5local policing body shall prepare comments on the published report and shall arrange for—

a

its comments,

b

any comments submitted by the chief officer of police in accordance with subsection (4), and

c

any response which the F12body has to the comments submitted by the chief officer of police,

to be published in such manner as appears to the F12body to be appropriate.

F345A

The comments of the local policing body, together with any comments submitted by the chief officer of police and any response to those comments by the local policing body, must be published before the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the day on which the report is published.

5B

If the published report includes a recommendation, the comments of the local policing body must include an explanation of—

a

the action the local policing body has taken or proposes to take in response to the recommendation, or

b

why the local policing body has not taken, or does not propose to take, any action in response.

6

The F25local policing bodyF2 ... shall send a copy of any document published under subsection (5) F8to—

a

the inspectors of constabulary, and

b

the Secretary of State.

F187

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F198

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C7C9C256 Assistant inspectors and staff officers.

1

The F14chief inspector of constabulary may appoint assistant inspectors of constabulary.

2

Members of a police force may be appointed by the F14chief inspector of constabulary to be assistant inspectors of constabulary or to be staff officers to the inspectors of constabulary.

3

Persons appointed under this section shall be paid such salary and allowances as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.