Panel to review new Chief Constable selection
The newly selected candidate to become Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police will go before the Police and Crime Panel for approval.
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has chosen acting Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer to take on the role permanently following an interview and selection process.
Mr Sawyer will attend the public confirmatory hearing of the panel on Friday 8 February at 10.30am to answer any questions on professional competence and personal independence.
Councillor Roger Croad, Chair of the Police and Crime Panel, said: "The Chief Constable is a really important appointment and the panel is working on behalf of the people in Devon and Cornwall to make sure the Police and Crime Commissioner gets it right."
The meeting will be webcast live on Plymouth City Council’s website as the host council for the panel. The panel will deliberate in private following the hearing and the decision will be announced to the public five working days after the hearing.
The panel scrutinises and supports the performance and activities of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
It will:
- Scrutinise the PCC’s proposed council tax precept for policing – which the panel may veto
- Scrutinise the PCC’s proposed appointment of a Chief Constable – which it may veto
- Review the Police and Crime Plan and annual report
- Scrutinise the actions and decisions of the PCC (but not the Performance of the police force)
- Consider complaints against the PCC of a non-criminal nature.
The Panel is made up of 18 councillors from each local authority in the Devon and Cornwall police area and two co-opted independent members.
