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THE FUTURE OF POLICE AUTHORITIES: MEMBERS VIEWS
Author(s) -
MORGAN ROD,
SWIFT PAUL
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1987.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - alliance , statutory law , argument (complex analysis) , accountability , political science , public administration , control (management) , public relations , law , economics , management , chemistry , biochemistry
Part of the argument about police accountability concerns the role of police authorities, their membership and powers. The Conservative, Alliance and Labour Parties have developed policies which are broadly retentionist – leave things as they are – reformist – change the membership – and radical – empower police authorities to determine policy. The evidence suggests that police authority members' views, though broadly consistent with their party policies nationally, differ in some important respects. Conservatives are increasingly unhappy about the statutory co‐option of magistrates. Alliance members appear not to favour an increase in the proportion of nonelected members. And many Labour councillors entertain doubts about the control model.