Gloucestershire Police Authority is ’performing adequately’, according to an independent new report released today by the Audit Commission and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
On a scale from one to four the joint inspection team assessed the Authority’s performance as ‘two’, which represents adequate performance.
Inspectors found that Gloucestershire Police Authority has improved the performance of policing in Gloucestershire over the past two years. It has set the newly appointed Chief Constable a clear remit to improve local policing performance, and there are strong plans to do this. The Authority has recently been laying the foundations for effective challenge. It now receives the same good quality performance information as senior managers in the Constabulary. It has been active in setting challenging targets through the Policing Plan.