Police authority
- For Scotland, see joint police board.
Police Authorities
Police Authorities are independent bodies made up of around 17 local people, it's their job to set the strategic direction for the local police force and hold the chief constable to account on behalf of the local community.
FOI requests on operational police matters should be made to the related police force
Police Authorities have their own category on WhatDoTheyKnow.com
Further information on Police Authorities is available from the Association of Police Authorities
Police authorities in England and Wales
FOIA Schedule I includes:
- 57 - A police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996.
That section states that there shall be a police authority for each police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Act, and that the name of the authority shall be the name of the area followed by "Police Authority".
England
- Avon and Somerset Police Authority
- Bedfordshire Police Authority
- Cambridgeshire Police Authority
- Cheshire Police Authority
- Cleveland Police Authority
- Cumbria Police Authority
- Derbyshire Police Authority
- Devon and Cornwall Police Authority
- Dorset Police Authority
- Durham Police Authority
- Essex Police Authority
- Gloucestershire Police Authority
- Greater Manchester Police Authority
- Hampshire Police Authority
- Hertfordshire Police Authority
- Humberside Police Authority
- Kent Police Authority
- Lancashire Police Authority
- Leicestershire Police Authority
- Lincolnshire Police Authority
- Merseyside Police Authority
- Metropolitan Police Authority
- Norfolk Police Authority
- Northamptonshire Police Authority
- Northumbria Police Authority
- North Yorkshire Police Authority
- Nottinghamshire Police Authority
- South Yorkshire Police Authority
- Staffordshire Police Authority
- Suffolk Police Authority
- Surrey Police Authority
- Sussex Police Authority
- Thames Valley Police Authority
- Warwickshire Police Authority
- West Mercia Police Authority
- West Midlands Police Authority
- West Yorkshire Police Authority
- Wiltshire Police Authority
Wales
- Dyfed Powys Police Authority
- Gwent Police Authority
- North Wales Police Authority
- South Wales Police Authority
Others
These are each named explicitly in FOIA Schedule I:
- 9 - The Common Council of the City of London, in respect of information held in its capacity as a ... police authority ...
- 58 - The Metropolitan Police Authority established under section 5B of the Police Act 1996
- 60 - The Northern Ireland Policing Board
- 63A - The Civil Nuclear Police Authority
In Part VI:
