What We Do
The Police Authority is an independent body responsible for monitoring the work of Nottinghamshire Police Force. We exist to ensure an efficient and effective police service for the whole of Nottinghamshire.
The Authority has 17 members: seven Nottinghamshire County Councillors, two Nottingham City Councillors and eight independent members.
The Police Authority has a number of specific responsibilities including:
- Setting and monitoring the police budget
- Appointing the Chief Constable and senior officers
- Consulting with local people about policing
- Setting local policing priorities and targets for achievement
- Monitoring police performance against the targets set by the authority
- Publishing a three-year strategy and annual policing plan to tell local people what they can expect from their police service and report the achievements
- Monitoring the Best Value programme of reviews
Our committee meetings, which are open to the public, are supplemented by a great deal of work carried out by working groups and panels. Members also have special responsibilities for monitoring the work of one of the four divisions.