Staffordshire Police Authority

Working with the Chief Constable and local communities, the Authority:

• sets a budget each year for the force and Authority and in consequence decides how much should be paid by council taxpayers
• monitors the budget, both revenue and capital, throughout the financial year
• consults Staffordshire people and communities, working with them to address local policing needs and issues
• issues a three-year strategy and an annual policing plan for Staffordshire, setting out specific objectives (and targets for those objectives) for the year and reports on performance and best value reviews from the previous year
• issues an annual report assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of the previous year’s plan
• publishes performance against performance indicators and targets promotes racial equality
• monitors complaints against police and stop and search, and keeps itself informed and satisfied as to arrangements for dealing with those complaints
• appoints the Chief Constable, Deputy Chief Constable, Assistant Chief Constables and the force’s Director of Resources
• administers a custody visitors scheme as an independent check on the welfare of detainees at police stations
• coordinates a Police Authority Independent Advisory Group (IAG).