Part II Central Supervision, Direction and Facilities

Inspectors of constabulary

C1C6C2C754 Appointment and functions of inspectors of constabulary.

1

Her Majesty may appoint such number of inspectors (to be known as “Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary”) as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine, and of the persons so appointed one may be appointed as chief inspector of constabulary.

2

The inspectors of constabulary shall inspect, and report F2... on the efficiency and effectiveness of, every police force maintained for a police area F1... F20... F11....

F192A

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F132B

The Secretary of State may at any time require the inspectors of constabulary to carry out an inspection under this section of a police force maintained for any police area; and a requirement under this subsection may include a requirement for the inspection to be confined to a particular part of the force in question, to particular matters or to particular activities of that force.

F52BA

The local policing body for a police area may at any time request the inspectors of constabulary to carry out an inspection under this section of a police force maintained for that police area; and a request under this subsection may include a request for the inspection to be confined to a particular part of the force in question, to particular matters or to particular activities of that force.

2BB

Where a local policing body requests the inspectors to carry out an inspection under subsection (2BA), the body must pay to the inspectors such reasonable costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with the inspection as the inspectors may require.

F102C

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C5C4C3F122D

It shall be the duty of the chief inspector of constabulary—

a

to enter into arrangements with the F3Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (“the Director General”) for the purpose of securing cooperation, in the carrying out of their respective functions, between the inspectors of constabulary and F6the Director General; and

b

to ensure that inspectors of constabulary provide F8the Director General with all such assistance and co-operation as may be required by those arrangements or as otherwise appears to the chief inspector to be appropriate for facilitating the carrying out by F8the Director General of F17his or her functions.

3

The inspectors of constabulary shall carry out such other duties for the purpose of furthering police efficiency and effectiveness as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.

F163A

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4

The chief inspector of constabulary shall in each year submit to the Secretary of State a report F4on the carrying out of inspections under this section, and the F9chief inspector shall lay a copy of that report before Parliament.

F144A

A report under subsection (4) must include the chief inspector's assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales for the year in respect of which the report is prepared.

5

The inspectors of constabulary shall be paid such salary and allowances as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

F186

Schedule 4A (which makes further provision about the inspectors of constabulary) has effect.

F157

For the purposes of this section, a police force includes—

a

staff appointed by the chief officer of police of the police force;

F7aa

persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;

b

staff appointed by a local policing body if, or to the extent that, they are employed to assist the police force;

c

persons providing services, in pursuance of contractual arrangements (but without being employed by the chief officer of police of the police force or its local policing body), to assist the police force in relation to the discharge of its chief officer's functions;

d

any other persons if, or to the extent that, they are engaged by virtue of any enactment in carrying out the activities of the police force.