The Sheehy Inquiry, officially, the Inquiry into Police Responsibilities and Rewards, was commissioned in 1992 by the United Kingdom's then Home Secretary, Kenneth Clarke (before being published in 1993), to "examine the rank structure, remuneration, and conditions of service of the police service of England and Wales, in Scotland and in Northern Ireland," and to present recommendations if found necessary.
The report, calling for restructuring of the ranks of UK police forces, listed seven sections related to ranking, pay, conditions, and budgeting of the police, offering implementation advice in one section.
It also called for responsibility reallocation of current serving officers, recommending ranks such as 'operational officer', 'team leader', 'policy formulator' and 'chief executive' should be created, while also offering the chief constable more responsibilities over their police forces, also finding the 'gold', 'silver' and 'bronze' command system, already in use by the Metropolitan Police at the time, an effective means of command by means of rank flexibility.
The report was widely condemned by the police in the UK, and most of its recommendations were rejected by the subsequent Home Secretary, Michael Howard.
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