NCJ Number
140461
Journal
Police Journal Volume: 66 Issue: 1 Dated: (January-March 1993) Pages: 47-60
Date Published
1993
Length
14 pages
Annotation
The police in Great Britain need a common national vision that articulates principles of overall strategy while permitting local flexibility.
Abstract
The four programs that are likely to combine in 1993 to generate change in the Police Service are the Sheehy Inquiry into rank and pay, the Royal Commission into Criminal Justice, the Local Government Review, and the Home Office study into police funding. The five crucial organizations involved in a national vision are the Home Office, the Police Authorities, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, the Local Authority Associations, and the Police Staff Associations. The change process will require a dynamic partnership among all these entities. In addition, the basic principles involved should be that policing is a local activity that must be based on the support and consent of the community and that operational responsibility must be kept separate from political control. In addition, quality of service is relevant to every police activity, and policing includes aspects of social welfare as well as law enforcement. Figures and footnotes