Within this essay I will include the following subjects:

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?” – (Who shall guard the guards?)

“Accountability pre supposes both about what constitutes and acceptable performance and about the language of justification to be used by actors in defending their conduct. Furthermore, it implies a definition of a relationship between actors. To talk about accountability is to define who can call for an account and who owes a duty of explanation.”

The police are the specialist carriers of the state bedrock power: the monopoly of legitimate force. It is clearly shown today that there is a danger of abuse, which was expressed by several groups who are against the beginning of a modern police service within the UK, during the early part of the nineteenth century.

Political and social polarisation grew dramatically during the 1970’s and the early part of the 1980’s which caused the

1. The Police Act 1996, which sates that the Chief Constable to produce a local policing plan for the area to be submitted to and approved by the Police Authority.

One major point to make note of is that accountability has always caused a certain amount of apprehension amongst commentators and this has spilled over into talks about ACPO.

In the 1960’s the tripartite system was introduced by the Police Act. This was to help balance local political and operational concerns.

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