Scrutiny panel to oversee work of new Humberside crime commissioner
FORMER city council leader Colin Inglis will lead a new panel overseeing the work of the region's first directly- elected police and crime commissioner.
Councillor Inglis has been elected chairman of a cross-estuary scrutiny panel of councillors designed to hold the new commissioner to account.
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Fs outormer role: Colin Inglis read a statement outside the Humberside Police Authority in 2004.
Although its powers will be limited, the panel will be able to veto the commissioner's annual budget plans and any appointment of a new chief constable.
The panel will also be able to suspend the commissioner under certain circumstances.
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A former police authority chairman, Councillor Inglis said: "Because of its political make-up, I hope the panel will work in a consensual way.
"It should be largely non-political unless whoever gets elected as commissioner decides to take an overtly political approach to the job.
"In that situation, things might be different."
Currently acting as a shadow panel, it will become fully operation after November's election.
None of the councillors sitting on the panel will receive any extra allowance.
Mr Inglis initially threw his hat into the ring to stand as a Labour candidate for the new role.
However, he was controversially excluded from a selection shortlist drawn up by regional party officials despite protests from the Labour group on Hull City Council.
The Labour nomination eventually went to former Hull East MP Lord Prescott.
Mr Inglis said: "The legislation does provide certain powers of veto and they are quite important.
"For example, the panel can veto the commissioner's precept proposals and it also holds the veto over the appointment of a new chief constable.
"The latter is significant because we know the current chief constable is retiring next year."
He said he believed the panel's main task would be to provide the necessary democratic checks and balances to new role of the commissioner.
"It's important to stress the panel is not there to scrutinise the work of the police," said Councillor Inglis.
"I hope it will have a low-profile role but that really depends on who gets elected and whether they behave themselves."
Comments
by Anon_Geoff
Thursday, September 27 2012, 7:47PM
“bt13jz....
No smoke without fire? What do you mean?
I know there was a Colin Inglis a few years ago who was accused of touching kids but surely this isn't the same one?
Or was he cleared? I suppose he would be in a good position to understand police procedures if so....”
by Anon_Geoff
Thursday, September 27 2012, 7:44PM
“Sick of this now... They try to make the people responsible for public services more independent and locally based (police commissioners, GPs commissioning in the NHS) then get scared and appoint monitoring bodies that mean there is even more bureaucracy, nobody knows who has the final say, nothing gets done and it just costs more!!
Just let the public sector get on with it. Give the local workers (not boards) control over how they do their job and judge them on nothing except RESULTS. They want it to be more like private sector but are too scared to relinquish control.”
by buornfree
Thursday, September 27 2012, 4:02AM
“ghj”
by johnniebj
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 11:40PM
“From the comments here, I can see that the vast majority of people still have no idea how this Police Commissioner business will work in practice - the appointment of the 'scrutiny panel' seems to be a surprise to everyone. The government is doing nothing to explain the system to us, its electors, and the election is only seven weeks away. And you can bet the government will be surprised at the low turnout on the day! (Except in Hull, wher there'll be a 100% turnout to stop Prescott)”
by johnniebj
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 11:40PM
“From the comments here, I can see that the vast majority of people still have no idea how this Police Commissioner business will work in practice - the appointment of the 'scrutiny panel' seems to be a surprise to everyone. The government is doing nothing to explain the system to us, its electors, and the election is only seven weeks away. And you can bet the government will be surprised at the low turnout on the day! (Except in Hull, wher there'll be a 100% turnout to stop Prescott)”
by bt13jz
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 11:13PM
“"cross-estuary scrutiny panel of councillors designed to hold the new commissioner to account"
"Commissioner to hold police authority to account"
"Policy authority to hold police officers to account"
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly syndrome, why don't we loose the commissioner role and go straight to the scrutiny panel? cut out the middleman, another layer of pomp and bureaucracy
.... the irony that 'no smoke without fire' Inglis will have a say in how the police investigations operate ... bet certain files will never see the light of day again ....waste & disgrace ...”
by Demonica666
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 10:27PM
“Could this charade get any more ridiculous? With each passing press release, this story morphs into a pythonesque farce.”
by Demonica666
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 10:26PM
“Could this charade get any more ridiculous? With each passing press release, this story morphs into a pythonesque farce.”
by SPBlakeney
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 9:29PM
“Its my personal opinion that the ongoing participation of that guy, in anything to do with the police, commissioner or overseeing committee, is hugely uncomfortable and inappropriate”
by india7
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 9:21PM
“Inglis elected as The Chairman? By who and why him?
Same old Labour Party (really,really old!) cronies creating jobs for themselves I see?
Some things never change in life and certainly not within Hull City Council, It is a disgrace that they just do as they please.”