The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 places a statutory duty and electoral mandate on the Police and Crime Commissioner to hold the Chief Constable to account for policing services on behalf of the public.
The Policing Protocol 2023 details the PCC’s legal responsibilities to:
- Scrutinise, support and challenge the overall performance of the Force including against the priorities agreed within the Police and Crime Plan
- Hold the CC to account for the performance of the force’s officers and staff
- Maintain an efficient and effective police force for the area.
- Hold the CC to account for the exercise of the functions of the office of CC and the functions of the persons under the direction and control of the CC.
In Warwickshire the Commissioner holds the Chief Constable to account in the following ways:
- Monthly scheduled meetings focused on performance and governance
- Weekly holding to account meetings
- OPCC attendance at identified force meetings
- OPCC requests for information, reports and briefings on topics, brokered through the CC’s office.
Terms of Reference: Governance and Scrutiny Board
Terms of Reference: PCC/CC Meeting
Monthly holding to account summary
The below highlights hold to account topics that have been raised in January 2025 as part of the PCC function to hold to account:
PCC questions raised in meetings with the Chief Constable:
- Baby Death, Rugby.
- Impact of Warwick hospital declaring a critical status on the Force and locally operating teams.
- Status of the Prevention Strategy.
- Police and Crime Plan 2025-2029.
- Independent review of hunting activities.
- L and D Review
- HMIC Inspection
- Out of Court Resolutions (OOCR)
- Live Facial recognition funding
- Guidance for Officers to assess the capability of patients.
- IMU Backlog
- Force policy on Roads Traffic Collision investigation.
- Current position on FOIs.
- Spike in burglaries: break ins for car keys in the South of county.
- Spike in rapes
- Estates Strategy
- Budget Report
Governance and Scrutiny Board minutes
Meetings archive
We will no longer be publishing weekly minutes as the monthly update summaries all activity. You can find the previous meeting records below.
