Warwickshire Police Authority

The Warwickshire Police Authority was the police authority of Warwickshire in England. Created in 1995, it held the Chief Constable of the Warwickshire Police Force to account and set the budget for the force.

The Authority departed from the traditional police authority structure and, since 2007, operated within a governance framework designed to work more closely with the force. Under the framework, there were three main work streams: Policing Communities, Resources, and Investigation & Strategic Planning. Each of these work streams was closely aligned to the main work areas of the police force and gave responsibility to the Authority to govern the way the force carried out its business, but it did not have any influence over the operational side of its work, which remained solely with the Chief Constable.

Members of the Police Authority, along with representatives from county, district, borough, town, and parish councils, and the Police Force, annually consulted with the public at 33 community forums across Warwickshire. It also had accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

In January 2011, it was revealed that the Authority was in discussion with the neighbouring West Mercia Police Authority, with a view to having their two police forces enter into a strategic alliance to meet anticipated cuts, though merging the two services completely was ruled out.