Nature of Authority Within the Public Services
Nature of Authority in the Uniformed Public Services
Beth Freeman
Authority is defined as the ‘power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience’. There are many different organisations that enforce discipline within the public services, which have the right to extend different levels of authority and enforce different levels of obedience within a service. These are;
Independent Police Complaint Commission (IPCC); this was created in 2004 to replace the Police Complaint Authority. It is completely independent, and is free of government influence. It is primary purpose is to increase the confidence that the public have within the police complaint system throughout England and Wales. They investigate serious complaints about the misconduct of the police, and also those that were unsatisfied with how their complaint was handled. They work with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and the UK Border Agency (UKBA). Their authority extends over all of the 43 police services in England and Wales. They work closely with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Police Act 1997, which were put in place as a framework of how the police are to act within combat, but also providing codes of practise on how their execute their powers towards the members of public. It also deals with their powers of searching, gaining entry to an individual’s premises and retaining property. They use the nature of authority through influence. They influence their officers into altering their ways and conforming them into the respectable Police Officers that the Public can trust, and making them carry out the tasks and orders given from those with authority and status. The Police Acts help stop the nature of authority of corruption being used. The act was put in place to make sure that the Polices Officers do not misuse their authority and abuse the rights of their power. The people that use corruption as their
Beth Freeman
Authority is defined as the ‘power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience’. There are many different organisations that enforce discipline within the public services, which have the right to extend different levels of authority and enforce different levels of obedience within a service. These are;
Independent Police Complaint Commission (IPCC); this was created in 2004 to replace the Police Complaint Authority. It is completely independent, and is free of government influence. It is primary purpose is to increase the confidence that the public have within the police complaint system throughout England and Wales. They investigate serious complaints about the misconduct of the police, and also those that were unsatisfied with how their complaint was handled. They work with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and the UK Border Agency (UKBA). Their authority extends over all of the 43 police services in England and Wales. They work closely with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Police Act 1997, which were put in place as a framework of how the police are to act within combat, but also providing codes of practise on how their execute their powers towards the members of public. It also deals with their powers of searching, gaining entry to an individual’s premises and retaining property. They use the nature of authority through influence. They influence their officers into altering their ways and conforming them into the respectable Police Officers that the Public can trust, and making them carry out the tasks and orders given from those with authority and status. The Police Acts help stop the nature of authority of corruption being used. The act was put in place to make sure that the Polices Officers do not misuse their authority and abuse the rights of their power. The people that use corruption as their