Sussex Police and Crime Panel

Supporting and scrutinising the work of the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner

Sussex Police and Crime Panel

Supporting the work of the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner

About the Panel

The Panel’s main duties

Each police force area has a Police and Crime Panel to provide checks and balances in relation to the performance of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The role of the Panel is to scrutinise the performance of the Commissioner and ensure transparency.

A Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex was elected on 5 May 2016. The Commissioner is accountable to the electorate for how crime is tackled in their area. The website for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner contains further details about the Commissioner’s role and work.

The Sussex Police and Crime Panel came into being on 1 November 2012 and meets a minimum of four times a year.

Its role includes powers to:

  • review the draft Police and Crime Plan and make recommendations to the Commissioner, who must consider them
  • review the Commissioner’s annual report and make recommendations at a public meeting, which the Commissioner must attend
  • deal with complaints about the Commissioner
  • require the Commissioner to attend the Panel to answer questions
  • veto the Commissioner’s proposed precept by a two-thirds majority
  • veto by a two-third’s majority the Commissioner’s proposed candidate for Chief Constable
  • appoint an acting Commissioner where the incumbent Commissioner is incapacitated, resigns or is disqualified.

Find out more about the Panel

Meetings

Forthcoming meetings

The Panel meeting on Friday 12 March will be available to watch live.

At the meeting the Panel is due to scrutinise how reforms to the handling of police complaints have bedded in, one year after their implementation.

The public are invited to submit their written questions to the Commissioner, with a response being provided at the meeting. Questions can be on the substantive agenda items, or on any mater within the Commissioner’s remit.

Written questions should be submitted no later than noon on Friday 26 February 2021, via our contact us page.

See how to get involved.

View papers from the previous and forthcoming Sussex Police and Crime Panel meetings.

View forthcoming meetings