Governance and Decision Making

The Commissioner and the Chief Constable are committed to ensuring good governance is delivered through the Corporate Governance Framework. Each year an Annual Governance Statement is produced alongside the Statement of Accounts. You can find additional detail in the documents set out below:

• Joint Corporate Governance Framework introductory document 
• Statement and Code of Corporate Governance
• Scheme of Delegation
• Financial Regulations
• Contract Regulations

In addition to these arrangements a Joint Audit and Standards Committee has been established, with independent members, who are particularly interested in considering the views of External and Internal Audit. More information about the Committee can be found here.

To ensure transparency in decision making the Commissioner publishes a record of all significant decisions made while carrying out their role and responsibilities. With the exception of exempt decisions, decisions are published on this page once they have been finalised.  The full process for how decisions are made can be found in the Decision Making Policy.