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Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs)
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Warwickshire Police Authority
Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs)
Warwickshire Police and Police Authority listen to all members of the community to ensure that our services reflect the needs of everyone we police.
The force meets groups on a regular basis who give us independent advice about our policies and procedures. These groups represent people with disabilities, black and minority ethnic communities, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual. Issues relating to age, gender and religion are also discussed.
Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs) are universally recognised throughout the police service as an effective means of working with members of the community to solve problems, deal effectively with critical incidents and improve the way we deliver our services.
By working closely with groups we hope to achieve an increase in levels of trust and confidence.
The membership of IAGs comes entirely from the public. Groups offer lay advice and feedback to us on all policing matters. Groups are independent of other statutory institutions and bodies and are free to provide a constructive challenge to the police, enabling us to see things from the perspective of members of the community, helping us to deliver a citizen-focused service.
Warwickshire Police work with two force level IAGs, which are well established and have their own independent chairs and terms of reference.
These are the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans IAG, and the Warwickshire Central IAG.
We also have area based IAGs, which also have independent chairs and their own terms of reference. These are the North Warwickshire IAG, the Nuneaton and Bedworth IAG and the Southern Area Race and Religious Incident Review Panel.
These groups work at area and district level and provide advice and feedback on local policing matters. Contact information for all these groups are available on this website or www.warwickshire.police.uk, in our local policing summary ‘The Little Blue Book’ or by telephoning 01925 415000 and asking for our diversity team.
The force meets groups on a regular basis who give us independent advice about our policies and procedures. These groups represent people with disabilities, black and minority ethnic communities, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual. Issues relating to age, gender and religion are also discussed.
Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs) are universally recognised throughout the police service as an effective means of working with members of the community to solve problems, deal effectively with critical incidents and improve the way we deliver our services.
By working closely with groups we hope to achieve an increase in levels of trust and confidence.
The membership of IAGs comes entirely from the public. Groups offer lay advice and feedback to us on all policing matters. Groups are independent of other statutory institutions and bodies and are free to provide a constructive challenge to the police, enabling us to see things from the perspective of members of the community, helping us to deliver a citizen-focused service.
Warwickshire Police work with two force level IAGs, which are well established and have their own independent chairs and terms of reference.
These are the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans IAG, and the Warwickshire Central IAG.
We also have area based IAGs, which also have independent chairs and their own terms of reference. These are the North Warwickshire IAG, the Nuneaton and Bedworth IAG and the Southern Area Race and Religious Incident Review Panel.
These groups work at area and district level and provide advice and feedback on local policing matters. Contact information for all these groups are available on this website or www.warwickshire.police.uk, in our local policing summary ‘The Little Blue Book’ or by telephoning 01925 415000 and asking for our diversity team.