{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-protocol-order-2023/schedule/paragraph-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-protocol-order-2023/schedule/paragraph-35.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/649",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing Protocol Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-protocol-order-2023",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/35",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Operational Matters",
  "text": "The direction and control of a Chief Constable will include—\n(a) the ability to issue a warrant to an attested officer with which that officer may exercise their police powers;\n(b) decisions in relation to the appointment and dismissal of officers and staff;\n(c) decisions concerning the configuration and organisation of policing resources (or) the decision whether, or whether not, to deploy police officers and staff;\n(d) total discretion to investigate or require an investigation into crimes and individuals as he or she sees fit;\n(e) decisions taken with the purpose of balancing competing operational needs within the framework of priorities and objectives set by the PCC;\n(f) operational decisions to reallocate resource to meet immediate demand, and\n(g) the allocation of officers’ specific duties and responsibilities within the force area to meet the strategic objectives set by the PCC.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 35 in force at 3.7.2023, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/649/schedule/paragraph/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:44:12.646496+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}