On behalf of the residents of Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, the Police and Crime Commissioner checks that the police service works well and meets the needs of its communities.

The Commissioner also has to make sure that Devon and Cornwall Police are helping to deliver on the Police and Crime Plan.

To do this the Commissioner ‘scrutinises’ certain issues and activities. You can find out more detail about how the Commissioner carries out scrutiny in the Scrutiny Framework.

Suggest a topic for scrutiny

If you would like to suggest a topic for scrutiny please get in touch. Although all topics will be considered against a criteria some may not be chosen for formal scrutiny by the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The Commissioner receives a large volume of correspondence so please indicate clearly in your email that you would like this topic to be considered for scrutiny.

The Commissioner’s scrutiny does not answer questions relating to specific cases or individuals because there are other processes that should be used for that purpose. The Commissioner’s scrutiny will not be used to consider individual complaints, or any issue relating to a disciplinary process.

The Commissioner will consider questions that affect whole groups or communities.

The Commissioner chooses what areas to scrutinise and those decisions are based on where the scrutiny process can make a difference.