Staffordshire Police Authority

The Standards Committee consists of six Authority members and two ‘independent persons’, who are not members of the Authority and are entitled to vote at meetings. The Committee is currently chaired by an ‘independent person’ and meets three times a year.

The Standards Committee (with two ‘Independent Persons’) was established by the Authority, under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000. 

The Committee’s role is to promote and maintain high standards of conduct by members, having regard to the Members’ Code of Conduct and the Protocol on Member/Officer relations from time to time adopted by the Authority and, when appropriate, to consider and determine complaints made about alleged breaches of the Code by Members of the Authority. The Committee has in place appropriate Sub-Committees to consider such complaints in accordance with the relevant legal requirements.

All members have signed up to the Authority’s Code of Conduct for Members and have received training on the principles and practice pertaining to the Code.  For information, details of the declarations of interest made by, and any receipt of hospitality by, members can be examined at the Chief Executive’s Office.

The Committee also has an overview role in promoting the attainment of high standards of conduct by Police Authority staff.

The Committee has full delegated powers to act within its terms of reference and may establish one or more Sub-Committees to determine any matter referred to it by the Chief Executive following local investigation.