60 Second Guide to HPA
Humberside Police Authority
Responsibility for policing is shared between the Home Secretary, the Chief Constable
and the Police Authority. This ensures that the police service delivered to the
people in the Humberside Force area relates local priorities to local and national
targets.
The Police Authority is an independent body with clear statutory duties. Its
key duty is to secure the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force
for the Humberside Police area.
The Authority sets the budget and local objectives for the Force and monitors
its performance against targets set in consultation with the Chief Constable and
the National Policing Objectives as set by the Home Secretary.
The Authority also has responsibility for approving and monitoring the annual
budget, setting the level of Council Tax that is used to fund policing in the
Force area, and ensuring that the service delivered by the Force reflects the
concerns and views of the communities it serves. The Authority consults the people
in the Humberside Police area about how they are policed and uses the results
to determine the objectives and priorities for the police force. These priorities
are set out in the Authority's annual Policing Plan.
The Authority also monitors the performance of the Force in delivering these
priorities and produces this Annual Report assessing how well the Policing Plan
was put into practice. The views and comments received from the public play an
integral role in assessing the success of the policing service delivered in the
Humberside Force area.
The Authority also appoints Chief Officers to Humberside Police and deals with
any complaints against them. Another vital function is to run the Independent
Custody Visitors Scheme that monitors the welfare of persons detained in police
stations.
As an accountable and diverse body the Authority plays a vital role in ensuring
that the public receives the kind of locally focused policing that it needs, deserves
and has asked for.