... Assistant Commissioner and one or two commanders. Non MPD forces have Chief Constable and an Assistant Chief Constable. A key issues when considering police organisation is who they are answerable or accountable to. One of the notable features of British policing is its independence from political control, this of course has its downsides and such autonomy and distance from central government has been criticised1. The Police Act 1964 set up the basics of the police force as it operates today. The key feature of the British system of governance of the police is the tripartite structure of police accountability made up of local police authority, Government Home Secretary and police force chief constable. This system in fact reflects the traditional British constitutional doctrine of separation of power2. The police and Magistrates Act of 1994 made a few changes to the original design of the tripartite but the structure as explained ...

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