Film Number

7668

Title

POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY - MASTER PART 1

Producer

Paul Okojie

Date

1985

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

62 mins 18 secs

Description

Master entitled 'Are the Police Accountable?' Part 1 Police Committee organisation and structure. Begins with a Greater Manchester Council (GMC) Police Committee Meeting with a commentary about how committees are comprised and their powers. Followed by interviews with members of various committees including Mrs Audrey Walsh, a Stockport Magistrate on the GMC Committee, Mr Peter Quick, Clerk and Legal Officer to the GMC Committee and Mrs Margaret Simey, Merseyside Police Authority Chairperson, who speak about the relationship between the County Councils, committees and other people supporting the committees. Also an interview with Mr Jonathan Peel, Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary, about the relationship between committees and Chief Constables. And then interviews with Mr Molanda, Clerk of the Norfolk Police Authority, Mr Peter Quick, and Gay Cox, Chairperson on the GMC Committee.
Concluding comments from the commentator about the tri-partite relationship and the dominance of the Government and Home Office as a result of this relationship.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]