The Commissioner cometh: The challenge for democratic policing in England and Wales |
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| Authors: | Colin Rogers |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Criminal Justice, Boise state University, Boise, ID 83724, USA;2. Department of Police Administration, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea;1. Michigan State University, United States;2. Duke University, Department of Political Science, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204, United States;3. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;4. The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlyia, Israel;5. Duke University, United States;6. University of Toronto-Scarborough, Canada;7. University of Essex, United Kingdom;1. The University of Northampton, Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AW, United Kingdom;2. The University of East London, Stratford Campus, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ, United Kingdom;1. Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;2. Key Laboratory of System Control and Information Processing, Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai 200240, China;3. EXQUISITUS, Centre for E-City, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | Public policing in England and Wales is currently undergoing and will undergo substantial changes to the way it delivers its services in the future. Consideration of the different proposals for change when viewed in isolation appears to produce uncertainty in terms of organisational structure. However, when considered as interdependent they provide a more clear and problematic issue that could undermine the current democratic model of policing utilised in this country. This article considers the ideas of the function of the public police within a democratic policing model and how changes such as the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners, an apparent lack of engagement by the public with the democratic process, as well as the possibility of privatisation and outsourcing currently in vogue, may have a detrimental effect upon the policing philosophy that has underpinned policing in England and Wales for nearly 200 years. |
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| Keywords: | Policing Democracy Police Commissioner Privatisation |
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