Membership: seven to nine members of the Authority. Find out about the membership of Suffolk Police Authority’s committees

Number of meetings: eight scheduled per year

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Meeting Dates       

You can view our Programme of Public Meetings - this opens in a new window - 27kb - (pdf).  This contains meeting dates, footnotes and highlights other Authority events.

View the explanatory notes for the Programme of public meetings - this opens in a new window - 17kb - (pdf)

Terms of Reference:

1. To consider audit reports and to give preliminary consideration to the external auditors’ management letter and to report thereon to the Authority.

2. To consider and approve internal and external audit plans and accounting principles.

3. To consider and approve the Statement of Accounts.

4. To review Financial, Contract and other similar regulations and recommend changes to the Authority.

5. To discharge the Authority’s responsibilities under Section 15(1) of the Police Reform Act 2002 (i.e. to keep itself informed about all complaints and misconduct matters arising under Part 2 of the Act).

6. To review the adequacy of internal controls.

7. To review the adequacy of policies and practices to ensure compliance with statutory and other guidance.

8. To review the effectiveness of internal audit at least annually.

9. To monitor and consider the suitability of the corporate governance arrangements.

10. To consider arrangements for the identification, assessment and management of risk.

11. To call Authority Committee Chairs and the Chief Constable to account for decisions taken which could have an adverse impact on performance on equality matters.

12. To consider all matters relating to stop and search, including oversight of the Constabulary’s effective implementation of the recording of stops.

13. To consider performance indicators for the Constabulary.

14. To consider the performance of the Constabulary.