District Policing Partnerships
39.Sections 14 to 19 and Schedule 1 make amendments to those provisions in the 2000 Act regarding district policing partnerships (“DPPs”). Section 14(1) of the 2000 Act requires each district council to establish a DPP, which has the functions set out in section 16 of the 2000 Act. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 of that Act provides for DPPs to be composed of members of the council (“political members”) and of independent members.