Gloucestershire police and crime panel

For more information contact democratic.services@gloucestershire.gov.uk

The Police and Crime Panel is a joint body of the local authorities served by Gloucestershire Police (i.e. the area of Cheltenham Borough Council, Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council, Gloucester City Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Stroud District Council, and Tewkesbury Borough Council).

The Panel is to maintain a regular check and balance on the performance of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The functions of the panel are to be exercised with a view to supporting the effective exercise of the functions of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The panel is under a duty to support, as well as challenge, the commissioner.

The local authorities have agreed the formal arrangements for the Gloucestershire Police and Crime Panel and have appointed sixteen Councillors to be Panel members. The panel has also co-opted two independent members.

Gloucestershire County Council is host local authority for the panel and will provide administrative and other support to the panel and its members.

Minutes, meetings and agendas

Complaints against the Police and Crime Commissioner and Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner

The Police and Crime Panel have been given the function of handing all non-criminal complaints against Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and Gloucestershire’s Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner (DPCC).

The Police and Crime Panel has agreed to delegate responsibility for the initial complaint handling and recording functions to the PCC’s Chief Executive in the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC).

To make a complaint against the PCC or DPCC, you can email the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner referring the complaint to the Chief Executive or you can email Democratic Services at Gloucestershire County Council (DemocraticServices@gloucestershire.gov.uk).

To contact in writing: 

Chief Executive, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Police Headquarter, No.1 Waterwells, Waterwells Drive, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 2AN

For the full complaints protocol, please contact DemocraticServices@gloucestershire.gov.uk.