Publications

Please use the menu to the left to find the page for the publication that you require. Should you require any of our publications in a different format or language, please contact us by telephone on 01962 871595 or email us at police.authority@hampshire.pnn.police.uk.

Please find below a description of each type of publication that we produce.

Annual report
The Annual Report is published each year in June. It demonstrates how the Police Authority and Constabulary have carried out their duties as set out in the local policing plan. It also includes financial information for the previous financial year.

Policing plan
This plan is produced annually and it sets out how Hampshire Police Authority and Hampshire Constabulary intend to carry out their duties to police the two counties in the forthcoming year. The plan is drafted by the Chief Constable, in discussion with the Police Authority. Its content is approved by a meeting of the full Police Authority in February each year. It is published by the Police Authority at the end of March each year, in time for the financial year to start, and is updated in June to reflect any necessary changes since the end of the last financial year.

Statement of accounts
A statement of accounts is published annually in June and states the financial position of the Police Authority and Constabulary.

Strategic plan
The strategic plan is produced every three years and demonstrates how the Police Authority and Constabulary are planning ahead, beyond the current year.

Precept notice
The precept notice is produced annually in February and distributed to all council tax paying households via the local authorities with the council tax bill. It demonstrates how the police are funded and what contribution is made by the police precept in the council tax.

Crime Prevention Committee annual review
A review of the grants made by the Crime Prevention Committee is produced annually. It is published as soon as possible following the end of the financial year, usually in June. It shows how the funding available to the Committee has been distributed.

Members’ allowances scheme
The members’ allowances scheme sets out how members of the Police Authority are financially recompensed for their term of office.

Audit reports
A plan of internal and external audit is in place that covers both the Police Authority and the Constabulary. Internal audits are reported to the Finance Committee. Further information about external audits can be found at the Audit Commission’s website, www.audit-commission.gov.uk. Annual audits are also published here on the Police Authority’s website.

Equalities scheme
Hampshire Police Authority has in place an equalities scheme that combines race, gender and disability to ensure that every person and every employee who receives or is affected by the Authority’s activities and services should perceive their experience to be fair and equitable. This scheme set out how the Police Authority ensures that remains the case.

Local policing summary
The local policing summary is produced annually in June to tie in with the annual report. It demonstrates, in summary, how the police are performing. For 2006, it was sent to all households via the local authority publications Hampshire Now, City View (Southampton), Flagship (Portsmouth) and Wight Insight.

Freedom of Information Act
Under the Act, the Police Authority has a responsibility to be open with the information that it holds. The publications scheme demonstrates the Police Authority’s commitment to the Act.

Code of conduct
The code of conduct sets out the standards by which members of the Police Authority are expected to abide and explains how a complaint may be made against a member under the code.