Sussex Police and Crime Panel
The next meeting of the Police and Crime Panel will be the
Annual Meeting to be held on Friday 28 June 2013 at
10.30am.
A link to the Confirmation Hearing of the panel on 4 April
2013 is available below along with a link to the report of the
Panel’s recommendations.
Confirmation Hearing 4
April 2013
What is the Sussex Police and Crime Panel?
A Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex was elected on 15
November 2012. The Commissioner is accountable to the electorate
for how crime is tackled in their area. The website for the
Sussex Police and Crime
Commissioner contains further details regarding the role and
work of the Commissioner.
Each police force area also has a Police and
Crime Panel, to provide checks and balances in relation to the
performance of the Commissioner. Its role is to scrutinise the
performance of the Commissioner and to ensure transparency.
What the Sussex Police and Crime Panel does
The panel’s role includes powers to:
- review the draft Police and Crime Plan and
make recommendations to the Commissioner, who must have regard to
them;
- review the Commissioner’s annual report and
make recommendations at a public meeting, which the Commissioner
must attend;
- deal with complaints about the
Commissioner;
- require the Commissioner to attend the Panel
to answer questions;
- veto the Commissioner’s proposed precept by a
two-thirds majority;
- veto by a two-third’s majority the
Commissioner’s proposed candidate for Chief Constable; and
- appoint an acting Commissioner where the
incumbent Commissioner is incapacitated, resigns or is
disqualified.
Panel members
In Sussex, the members of the Panel are drawn
from each of the 15 local authorities within the region. At least
two independent members also sit on the Panel. The Panel came into
being on 1 November 2012, and will meet a minimum of 4 times a
year.
Adur District Council –
David Simmons
Arun District Council – Paul
Wotherspoon
Brighton and Hove City Council – Matt
Follett
Brighton and Hove City Council – Warren
Morgan
Chichester District Council – Tony
Dignum
Crawley Borough Council –
Nigel Boxall
Eastbourne Borough Council –
John Ungar
East Sussex County Council –
David Elkin
East Sussex County Council –
Rosalyn St Pierre
Hastings Borough Council –
Trevor Webb
Horsham District Council – Brian
Donnelly
Lewes District Council – Andy
Smith
Mid Sussex District Council –
Christopher Snowling
Rother District Council – Robin
Patten
Wealden District Council – Claire
Dowling
Worthing Borough Council –
Tom Wye
West Sussex County Council –
Brad Watson
West Sussex County Council –
Andrew Smith
Independent – Sandra
Prail*
Independent – Graham
Hill*
*Independent Members of the Panel are required
to sign up to West Sussex County Council’s Code of
Conduct.
Independent
Members’ Register of Interests. If you wish to contact
one of the Independent Members please send a message to Ninesh
Edwards, contact details below.
Meeting agendas and minutes, and any reports produced by the Panel
will be published on this webpage. West Sussex County Council has
agreed to act as the Police and Crime Panel’s lead authority, and
will provide administrative support to the Panel, until at least
November 2013.
Complaints
Details of how to make a complaint
against the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner and the Deputy
Police and Crime Commissioner.
Agendas, minutes and reports
For all meetings of the panel held in public you can download
agendas, minutes and reports.
Dates of panel meetings
It has been agreed that formal meetings of the panel will be
held at the Council
Chamber, County Hall, Lewes.
Forthcoming meeting dates are:
- 28 June 2013 - 10.30am
- 11 October 2013 - 10.30am
- 24 January 2014 - 10.30am
These meetings will be open to members of the public and will be
webcast.
Written questions
Members of the public can submit written
questions (directed either to the Police and Crime Commissioner, or
the Police and Crime Panel itself) up to two weeks in advance of a
meeting of the Police and Crime Panel. A written response will be
provided by noon on the working day before the day of the meeting,
and circulated to the panel members and the questioner. Panel
members will be able to ask follow-up questions at the meeting.
Questions should be sent to pcp@westsussex.gov.uk.
Contact details for the panel
If you have any questions, please contact
Ninesh Edwards, Scrutiny Officer.
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