This resource is from the Committees section. This section contains information about the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee, with meeting agendas, reports and minutes.

Sections available here:

• Professional Standards & Complaints Committee
  • Meeting agendas, reports and minutes
  • Terms of reference

Professional Standards & Complaints Committee

This Committee has a Sub-committee: the Professional Standards Cases Sub-committee

• List of members
  Members of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee.
• Reports list
  For a complete titles list of all reports presented to the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee.
• Future committee meeting dates
  Advanced notice of all committee meetings.

Meeting agendas, reports and minutes

• 10 July 2008
• 13 March 2008
• 17 January 2008

Archive of previous years' meetings

• Archive of previous years' meeting agendas, reports and minutes

Committee history

In the restructure of the committees in July 2002 the Professional Standards and Performance Management Committee was split into the Planning, Performance and Review Committee and the Professional Standards and Complaints Committee.

Terms of reference

1. To satisfy the Authority’s statutory duty to monitor MPS complaints procedures.

2. To consider high profile and sensitive cases in line with the MPA/MPS protocol. Where a claim for compensation has been made, the Committee will:

1. receive a quarterly information report on compensation cases settled by the Commissioner
2. consider, for recommendation to the Authority, those cases which require a decision by the Authority to settle a claim for compensation. (However, where a decision cannot wait for the next meeting of the Committee, a report proposing settlement will be put direct to the full Authority).

3. To monitor MPS activity in relation to Employment Tribunals and grievances and to agree any proposed financial settlements.

4. To keep the strategies of the MPS Directorate of Professional Standards under review.

5. To exercise the Authority’s responsibilities in respect of reports, allegations or complaints against ACPO rank police officers, in accordance with the appropriate regulations.

6. To consider any matters relating to Police Appeal Tribunals and to arrange for the appointment of Authority Members to serve on Tribunals as and when required.

7. To have due regard, in exercising the committee’s responsibilities, to equal opportunities generally, the general duty of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and the requirements of any other equalities legislation.

The following pages on the MPA website are relevant:

• List of members
  Members of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee.
• Reports list
  For a complete titles list of all reports presented to the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee.
• Future committee meeting dates
  Advanced notice of all committee meetings.
• Archive of previous years' meetings
  Contains information about previous years Professional Standards & Complaints Committee meeting agendas, reports and minutes.
• Information on the rights of members of the public to attend meetings
• Map of MPA location