Terms of Reference

To exercise all the Police Authority's powers and duties in relation to:

1. monitoring the work of the Force's Professional Standards Department;
2. ensuring that the lessons learnt from complaints and claims lead to improvements in service;
3. monitoring the Force's recordable complaints procedures and working with the Force to improve relevant processes;
4. monitoring the handling of reports, allegations or complaints against chief police officers and ensuring that lessons learnt lead to improvements in service;
5. monitoring how complaints about the direction and control of the force are dealt with and working with the Force to improve relevant processes;
6. monitoring how service complaints are dealt with and working with the force to improve relevant processes;
7. monitoring how civil claims brought by members of the public are defended or settled and working with the Force to improve relevant processes;
8. monitoring civil proceedings and ensuring that lessons learnt are implemented by the Force;
9. monitoring ex gratia payments made by the Force to third parties;
10. monitoring the application of Conduct Regulations and the work of the misconduct panels;
11. the appointment of independent members on misconduct panels;
12. the Independent Police Complaints Commission;
13. all equalities and human rights arising out of these terms of reference including monitoring of Force compliance with the Human Rights Act:
14. such other matters relating to professional standards, complaints and claims as may arise from time to time, except that any decisions of a strategic or policy nature or for which no budgetary provision exists, must be referred to the Police Authority;
15. nominating three members for potential appointment to Police Appeal Tribunals (the Chief Executive has delegated authority to appoint from the three nominees).