Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables and figure
- Glossary of terms
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- one Governance: the Police and Crime Commissioner and police accountability in context
- two The psephology of the November 2012 election: motive, means and opportunity
- three Is the law on my side? Relationships between the PCC and the chief police officer team
- four Partners, colleagues or rivals for oversight? The (PCC) art of making friends and influencing people
- five “Putting yourself about”: PCCs, the media and the public
- six The debate with no end: PCCs’ remit and the problems of policing
- seven “I wonder if the game is worth the candle”: PCCs, their ‘work–life balance’ and their future
- General summary
- Bibliography
- Appendix Interview questionnaires
- Index
Appendix - Interview questionnaires
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables and figure
- Glossary of terms
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- one Governance: the Police and Crime Commissioner and police accountability in context
- two The psephology of the November 2012 election: motive, means and opportunity
- three Is the law on my side? Relationships between the PCC and the chief police officer team
- four Partners, colleagues or rivals for oversight? The (PCC) art of making friends and influencing people
- five “Putting yourself about”: PCCs, the media and the public
- six The debate with no end: PCCs’ remit and the problems of policing
- seven “I wonder if the game is worth the candle”: PCCs, their ‘work–life balance’ and their future
- General summary
- Bibliography
- Appendix Interview questionnaires
- Index
Summary
The basic questions for PCCs and separately for chief police officers were as follows:
Confidential questionnaire: police and crime commissioner
1. Why did you become a PCC? How do you interpret your role?
2. What qualities/experience do you think you bring to the role?What aren't you good at?
3. What are your relations with your chief officer team?Do you agree with Michael Gove that ‘chief constables … need the fear of God put into them’? Is that what you do?
4. Do you prefer to conduct negotiations in public or behind closed doors? Why?
5. What are your relations with the media?
6. Describe your experience of relations with the public.
7. Describe your relations with ACPO. This question was subsequently replaced with ‘Describe the process whereby you hold the chief constable to account’
8. Describe your relations with HMIC and the Home Office.What changes would you like to see in the role? What drawbacks are there to the role?
9a. Will you stand for a second term? (if not, why not?)
9b. Does the PCC role have a long-term future?
Please note:
Your replies will not be attributable to you by name and all information relating to your identity will be removed. Your replies to questions, if used in subsequent publications, are guaranteed anonymity and will be assigned a random ‘interviewee number’.
Confidential questionnaire: chief police officers
1. What is your view of the role of Police and Crime Commissioner?
2. How does it compare with the Police Authorities which preceded PCCs?
3. How do you assess the job that the PCC does? What does s/he do well? What does s/he do badly?
4. How precisely does the PCC hold you to account?
5. Have there been any areas of disagreement or emphasis between you and a) the PCC and/or b) the PCC's team? If so, how were such problems resolved?
6. How well does the PCC handle the media?
7. How well does the PCC handle the public?
8. How well does the PCC understand policing?
9. What are your tactics/methods for dealing with the PCC on a daily/weekly basis and on a longer-term basis?
10. How will you advise your successor to deal with the PCC?
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- Police and Crime CommissionersThe Transformation of Police Accountability, pp. 237 - 238Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2016