Commissioners
The IPCC's ten operational Commissioners and two non-executive Commissioners are appointed by the Home Secretary for a five or three-year period. The Chair is appointed by the Crown on the recommendation of the Home Secretary. Commissioners by law may not have served with the police at any time, been the Chair or a member of SOCA at any time or been a Commissioner or officer of Customs at any time. They are the public, independent face of the IPCC.
The Commission is the governing board of the IPCC, holding collective responsibility for governance of the Commission including oversight of the Executive. As public office holders, Commissioners oversee IPCC investigations and the promotion of public confidence in the complaints system (known as Guardianship).
Each Commissioner also has responsibility for a particular portfolio such as firearms, deaths in custody, road policing and youth engagement.
Commissioners in making decisions on individual cases act under the delegated authority of the Commission. All appointments, which are full-time and non-executive are for a five-year term, were through open competition. The commission meets bi-monthly and dates can be found on the IPCC website.
The Commissioners are-
| Post/Region | Forces | Commissioners | Biographies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair | Dame Anne Owers | Anne Owers' biography | |
| Deputy Chair | Deborah Glass | Deborah Glass' biography | |
| Central | West Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, West Mercia, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, West Mercia, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex | Amerdeep Somal, Rachel Cerfontyne | Amerdeep Somal's biography
Rachel Cerfontyne's biography |
| Wales & South West | North Wales, Dyfed Powys, South Wales, Gwent, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Avon & Somerset, Devon & Cornwall, British Transport Police, HM Revenue and Customs | Tom Davies, Rebecca Marsh | Tom Davies' biography
Rebecca Marsh's biography |
| North | Northumbria, Durham, Cleveland, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Humberside, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Port of Liverpool, Lancashire, Cheshire, UK Border Agency | Nicholas Long, Naseem Malik | Nicholas Long's biography
Naseem Malik's biography |
| London & South East | Thames Valley, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Metropolitan Police, City of London, Serious Organised Crime Agency | Mike Franklin, Deborah Glass | Mike Franklin's biography
Deborah Glass' biography |
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