Police

Question 1

police force history

Answer 1

• 1749 bow street runners
• 1829 metropolitan police
• 1835 municipal corporations act (royal boroughs were to set up forces)
• 1856 law that each borough/county had a force

Question 2

key policing bodies (police)

Answer 2

• majesty’s inspectorate of constabulory and fire rescue services
• national crime agency
• independent office for police conduct

Question 3

police and crime commissioners

Answer 3

police reform and social responsibility act 2012 replaced police authorities with elected police and crime commissioners
Directly elected every 4 years coincided with local elections
Set strategic accountability and direction
Make sure that local police meet the needs of the community
Scrutinised by police and crime panels

Question 4

crime stats

Answer 4

• rising levels in the 90s (violence, vehicle crime, burglary)
• continuous falls in crime (not for fraud and computer misuse)

Question 5

police funding

Answer 5

• home office annual grant (roughly 2/3)
• local police precept levied by PCCs (roughly 1/3)

Question 6

fire and rescue services

Answer 6

• under council/combined authority control
• since 2017 governance responsibilities are gradually being held by PCCs or mayors

Question 7

emergency planning and civil defence

Answer 7

2004 contingencies act gave a requirement for all ‘responder’ organisations to appoint a full-time emergency planning officer and created local resilience forums (LRFs)
- regional resilience boards joint bodies
- in the case of a major incident the government committee COBRA is called