The Operation of Some Police Authorities

Abstract

It may be remembered that the Royal Commissioners who considered this matter and reported in 1962 were of the opinion that a Police Authority ought to have four main duties:

• (a) to provide an adequate police force for its area, properly paid, equipped, housed and administered.

• (b) to constitute a body of citizens concerned with the local standing and well-being of the police, interested in the maintenance of law and order, and able to give advice and guidance to the Chief Constable about local problems.

• (c) to appoint, and if necessary, discipline or remove senior officers of the force.

• (d) to play an active role in fostering good relations between the police and the public.¹