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Jersey Police Complaints Authority: Chairman: Appointment

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A decision made 21 December 2020:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2020-0088

Decision Summary Title :

Jersey Police Complaints Authority – appointment of Chairman

Date of Decision Summary:

14 December 2020

Decision Summary Author:

 

Private Secretary

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

N/A

Written Report

Title :

JPCA appointment of Chairman proposition

Date of Written Report:

14 December 2020

Written Report Author:

Private Secretary

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject:  Jersey Police Complaints Authority – appointment of Chairman

Decision(s): The Minister for Home Affairs approved the proposition, Jersey Police Complaints Authority: Appointment of Chairman, and requested that it be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for debate by the Assembly.

Reason(s) for Decision: The current Chairman of the JPCA, Mr Howard Cooper intends to resign from office following the end of 2020. A recruitment process has duly been undertaken overseen by the Jersey Appointments Commission. Following a competitive process, Janet Naylor has been offered the role, subject to approval of the States Assembly.

Accordingly, the Minister for Home Affairs recommends that Janet Naylor be appointed to serve as Chairman of the Jersey Police Complaints Authority for a period of 3 years, commencing immediately.

Resource Implications: There are no additional financial or manpower implications arising from this proposition.

Action required: The Minister requested that the Greffier of the States make the necessary arrangements for the proposition to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for debate by the States Assembly at the earliest opportunity.

Signature:

Position:

 

Connétable Len Norman 

Minister for Home Affairs

 

Date Signed:

 

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed)

 

 

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