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Policy documents
Policy & Strategy
A range of policies and strategy plans.
Annual Audit Letter 2010/11 (PDF - 294kb)
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Audit letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP summarising the results of their 2010/11 audit. A draft letter was presented to the members of the Audit Committee at its meeting on 13 January 2012.
Annual Governance Statement 2010 (MS Word - 94kb)
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The Police Authority approved its plan and budget for 2010/11 in February 2010. The governance arrangements to manage these are laid out in this document. Following consultation this has been reviewed and updated from the previous Annual Governance Statement and amendments are highlighted in italics for members’ information.
April 2010 Guidance to Members on Police Authority Local Community Engagement, Feedback and Action (PACEFA) Arrangements (MS Word - 125kb)
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This Guide provides a framework for local discretion for the appointed Lead Member and the NPU Inspector in terms of the means of engaging with local people, communities, individuals, representatives of local interests, local groups and meetings with a safer and stronger communities focus, including jont meetings, as appropriate - having full regard to the "Staffordshire Police Authority and Force Joint Community Engagement Guide".
April 2010 Joint PA and Force Community Engagement Guide (MS Word - 189kb)
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This guide is designed to be a starting point for all Police Authority members and Force officers and staff in Staffordshire Police to use when considering the most effective methods to use to engage with groups within the communities they serve at a local level. The guide is based upon extensive internal consultation with staff from neighbourhood policing teams across the county who identified the most effective engagement methods currently in use and how best to make use of them.
Authority & Force Protocol on Critical Incidents June 2011 (MS Word - 83kb)
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Authority & Force Protocol on Critical Incidents June 2011
Authority Staffing Structure (PDF - 15kb)
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Authority Staffing Structure
Authority's Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill (MS Word - 209kb)
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This document sets out the key proposals contained in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill as they impact on the governance of policing. The document is intended to formalise the Authorty's position on key aspects of the Bill.
Business Plan 2011/12 (PDF - 148kb)
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The Business Plan aims to set out succinctly what the Authority hopes to achieve in its final year before the arrival of the Police and Crime Commissioner.
Code of Conduct (MS Word - 21kb)
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The Code of Conduct for members of Staffordshire Police Authority.
Complaints Form (against a member of the Authority) (MS Word - 22kb)
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To make a complaint against any member of the Police Authority, you will need to complete the Complaints Form and provide relevant evidence to substantiate your complaint.
Complaints Procedure (PDF - 12kb)
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Complaints Procedure
Police Authority Corporate and Business Plan 2009/10 (PDF - 460kb)
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The Corporate and Business Plan is a separate document from the three-year Strategy and Plan and seeks to set out in a cogent fashion a statement of the Authority’s vision, what it does, how it does it and how it seeks to improve, together with the Authority’s proposals and priorities for the current financial year. This is a relatively short document, setting out, in straightforward terms, information about the Authority and its priorities for the forthcoming year.
Authority's and Force Environmental Policy & Strategy 2011/2016 (PDF - 255kb)
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This document replaces the original Environmental Policy & Strategy, launched in April 2008. It captures the current issues relating to the environment, climate change and carbon management. It also sets out targets and actions for the next three years.
Equality Scheme 2011-12 (MS Word - 3856kb)
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The Authority believes that every indiviual is different and is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for our staff and to the communities we serve.
Governance Structure (PDF - 12kb)
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New Governance Structure with effect from 9 February 2011
Independent Custody Visiting Scheme of Guidance January 2012 (PDF - 158kb)
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The role of an Independent Custody Visitor is an important one and enables volunteers, appointed from the local community, to observe, comment and report on the conditions under which persons are detained at Police Stations.
Members Allowance Scheme 2010/11 (PDF - 33kb)
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Allowances and expenses payable to members of the Authority from 1 April 2010 in respect of approved duties undertaken.
Policing in the 21st Century - Final Response (PDF - 165kb)
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Chapter 2: Increasing Democratic Accountability
Policing in the 21st Century - Final Response - Table (PDF - 106kb)
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Staffordshire Police Authority comments on matters falling outside the Home Office formal consultation questions.