15/02/2011
New Appointment To IPCC Announced
A new Commissioner has been appointed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, (IPCC) the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, Nick Herbert, has announced today.
Sarah Green has been appointed as an Operational Commissioner at the IPCC for a term of five years and will take up her post at the beginning of March 2011.
Her role will be to ensure the IPCC meets its statutory obligations in overseeing the police complaints system maintains an effective and efficient oversight system and raises public confidence in the IPCC's work.
Prior to this, Ms Green performed several roles within the Legal Services Commission (formerly the Legal Aid Board) from 1994 to 2007 and was latterly Legal Service Commission's Head of Civil Change Programme.
Nick Herbert, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice said: "I am pleased to announce Ms Green's appointment as an IPCC Commissioner, where she will play a vital role in its work to build public confidence in the police complaints system."
(BMcN/GK)
Sarah Green has been appointed as an Operational Commissioner at the IPCC for a term of five years and will take up her post at the beginning of March 2011.
Her role will be to ensure the IPCC meets its statutory obligations in overseeing the police complaints system maintains an effective and efficient oversight system and raises public confidence in the IPCC's work.
Prior to this, Ms Green performed several roles within the Legal Services Commission (formerly the Legal Aid Board) from 1994 to 2007 and was latterly Legal Service Commission's Head of Civil Change Programme.
Nick Herbert, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice said: "I am pleased to announce Ms Green's appointment as an IPCC Commissioner, where she will play a vital role in its work to build public confidence in the police complaints system."
(BMcN/GK)
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