Joint Policing Committees

Joint Policing Committees (JPCs) provide a dedicated forum to support consultation, cooperation and synergy on policing and crime issues between the Garda Síochána, local authority officials, elected representatives and the community and voluntary sectors. A JPC operates in each of the local authority areas, with 31 in total.

Every JPC must submit their Annual Report to the Policing Authority, no later than three months after the end of the year.

The Policing Authority has the following statutory functions in relation to JPCs including:

• Responsibility for issuing guidelines to local authorities and the Garda Commissioner concerning the establishment and maintenance of JPCs 
• Convening meetings of JPC chairpersons for the purpose of coordinating or facilitating the performance of their functions.

The Policing Authority also attends a number of JPC meetings around the country each year.

You can find JPC guidance material, including the Guidelines for Joint Policing Committees here.

For further information please email jpc@policingauthority.ie