The Governance and Policy section is lead by Alison Connelly and made up of two teams:
In a nutshell, governance means “making sure things are done properly”. For example, by making sure any legislative or government policy changes are incorporated into our work and the work of Greater Manchester Police. It also means checking that both we and the force are meeting our legal duties with regards to things like partnership working, equalities, and freedom of information.
To meet these aims, we work closely with the force to find out what the main risks, harms and threats are to policing performance. This helps us predict and plan for any changes in circumstances (expected or unexpected) that may arise. We monitor how well the force is performing against these priority areas through the committee structure. The committee meetings are public meetings and all the minutes are available on this website.
In addition, GMPA monitors and produces any information required for the various inspection processes which the organisation goes through. These inspections include those made by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabularies (HMIC) and the Audit Commission (AC). The results of these inspections are available on this website.
The GMPA policy team makes sure that we're compliant in all areas of legislation. It does this by ensuring that we have an up-to-date policy compliance framework, which helps to capture government changes, and guides the authority to any documentation which needs updating.
The policy team writes any new policies that are required, based on new and emerging priorities and legislation, and ensures that these policies are stuck to in the authority’s everyday work.
We use an equalities impact assessment (EIA) framework to make sure that all policies are consistent and in line with statutory equality requirements. To make sure that our policies are accessible and fair to everybody, we assess their potential impact on different communities before we roll them out.
This page was last updated on 21 October 2011