Policy paper

Response to a report on leadership, ethics and accountability in policing

Home Office response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life's 15th report "Tone from the top: leadership, ethics and accountability in policing".

• From: Home Office
• Published: 27 November 2015

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Documents

Government response to the 15th report by the CSPL (web accessible)

PDF, 184 KB, 15 pages

Government response to the 15th report by the CSPL (printer friendly)

PDF, 201 KB, 20 pages

Details

The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) published its 15th report on 29 June 2015, the first report in the committee’s history that looked specifically at policing.

The CSPL made a total of 20 recommendations in the report. The majority of these were for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and other local policing bodies such as Police and Crime Panels (PCPs), and the Local Government Association. A number of recommendations were directed to the Home Office. This response considers all 20 recommendations.

Published 27 November 2015