Welcome to APACE
APACE is the professional body which represents chief executives and other senior staff within police authorities. There are 43 geographic police authorities in England & Wales and their non-geographic counterparts: the Civil Nuclear Police Authority, Ministry of Defence Police Committee and British Transport Police Authority. The Association elects an officer group each year to lead them and employs a research and coordination officer who coordinates activities on behalf of the Association.
Who we are
The Association's aims are to:
AIM 1: Provide professional support and development for its members in their role of providing advice, technical, legal, procedural and administrative support to police authorities
AIM 2: Liaise and work closely on behalf of its members with the Association of Police Authorities (APA), the Police Authority Treasurers Society (PATS), government departments and other relevant bodies
AIM 3: Provide a forum for professional debate within its membership and with partner organisations in policing, local and central government
AIM 4: Represent and promote the interests of its members to key stakeholders and partners involved in the governance of policing, including the Home Office, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)
What we do
Our mission is to:-
Support and develop police authority chief executives so that they can provide their authorities with the necessary legal, technical and specialist capability. To develop a clear role in working side by side with the Home Office, DCLG, ACPO, APA, PATS and other stakeholders on issues where APACE members can play an advisory and technical role.
Our vision is to:-
"Attract and support strong people into chief executive roles, and help ensure that every police authority has an effective executive leader, who in turn will be able to ensure their authority has the best governance possible".
