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01 January 1991

POLICE CONSULTATIVE GROUPS: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF
THE POLICE
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 008038
R Morgan
Political Q, Jan/Mar 1986 57(1) pp83-88

Section 106 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
concerning the establishment of local consultative groups
attracted little controversy when it came into force on January 1
1985, but has significant implications for the debate about
police accountability. Discusses the origins of the section in
recommendations made in the Scarman Report, looks at reasons for
the vagueness of the actual provisions, and examines central
government activity to ensure that its own interpretation of
consultation is followed at local level.

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