Joint Audit, Risk and Assurance Panel
The PCC and the Chief Constable are responsible for ensuring good value for money, integrity and statutory compliance in all that they do and to provide the public with the confidence that this is done properly. The independent Joint Audit, Risk and Assurance Panel (JARAP) has been established to facilitate this assurance.
The JARAP will seek assurances that the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable have fulfilled their responsibilities to ensure the best use of resources and public money.
The JARAP consists of five independently appointed individuals. It will meet in public throughout the year, report on their findings and make recommendations for improvements in the management of risk, internal controls and governance to the PCC and Chief Constable. They will also report on progress made by both respective individuals in response to recommendations.
This section of the website is dedicated to the work of the JARAP and will include minutes, reports, actions and responses from the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable. The JARAP will also produce annually a report that will summarise the outcomes of their work – this will coincide with the production of the annual Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable’s respective Annual Governance Statement, all of which will be published and accessible.
Terms of reference for the JARAP can be found below:
JARAP Meetings Schedule
| Date | Time | Location |
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| Thursday 26th March 2026 | 11am to 1pm | Virtual Meeting, Microsoft Teams |
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Thursday 14th May 2026 |
12.15pm-4pm | Virtual Meeting, Microsoft Teams |
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Wednesday 26th August 2026 |
12.15pm-4pm | Main Conference Room, Force HQ, Enderby |
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Thursday 19th November 2026 |
12.15pm-4pm | Main Conference Room, Force HQ, Enderby |
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Friday 12th March 2027 |
12.15pm-4pm | Main Conference Room, Force HQ, Enderby |
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Tuesday 25th May 2027 |
12.15pm-4pm | Main Conference Room, Force HQ, Enderby |
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Wednesday 25th August 2027 |
12.15pm-4pm | Main Conference Room, Force HQ, Enderby |
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Thursday 18th November 2027 |
12.15pm-4pm | Main Conference Room, Force HQ, Enderby |
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Tuesday 22nd February 2028 |
12.15pm-4pm | Main Conference Room, Force HQ, Enderby |
Who is on the panel?
Luke was formally appointed as Chair with effect from Wednesday 1st November 2017. Prior to that he served as a panel member and vice-Chair.
He first moved to Leicester to study Business Management and Enterprise at DeMontfort University.
Most of Luke's professional career has been spent working with or in small businesses across the Midlands. He started his first business in his teenage years and since then has launched and worked with several start-ups.
He is now leading the Minerva Business Angel Network that specialises in match making between private investors and early stage businesses across the region and also works with several charitable organisations across the county.
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Pradeep’s experience in the Housing, Regulatory/Law & Order and Health sectors has been gained through his various portfolio career in public appointments. His experience includes serving as a Group Non-Executive Director for a Regional Housing Association (also a developer), having sat on its Audit & Risk Committee and Care Quality & Regulatory Compliance Committee.
He serves as a Magistrate and developed and maintains working with professional regulators to ensure public protection and maintain the public interest. He has been a member or Chair of professional disciplinary tribunals for The Bar Tribunal & Adjudication Service, The Nursing & Midwifery Council and serves as a lay member for The Institute & Faculty of Actuaries.
In terms of the health sector, Pradeep sits as a Hospital Managers Panel Member (Mental Health Act) for Leicestershire Partnership Trust NHS, as a Public Advisory Group Member for The NIHR Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST) and as a PPI Senate Member for Health Innovations East Midlands.
Pradeep has grown up and lives in Leicester.
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Janette is an independent business growth coach and mentor working predominantly with technology based businesses.
She has lived in Leicestershire since birth and has a keen interest in the business, sporting, academic and wellbeing success of the County.
Janette has managed a number of large public sector programmes and understands the financial and governance constraints around public bodies.
She has been involved in educational and sporting social enterprises and is passionate about supporting people in their health and wellbeing.
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Kitesh is Director of Risk at Places for People and has responsibility for Risk Management, Internal Controls Business Continuity and Financial Compliance. He is an experienced leader with a strong track record in audit, risk management, governance and compliance. Prior to joining Places for People, he worked for Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and has significant experience of audit in local government.
He grew up and lives in Leicester and attended De Montfort University where he studied Accounting and Finance. He joined JARAP in 2021 and has a keen interest in the wellbeing of the county and ensuring the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable have fulfilled their responsibilities to ensure the best use of resources and public money.
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Wendy served for 32 years in the police service, including Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire and latterly with Leicestershire Police. She retired in October 2010, having served at all ranks up to Assistant Chief Constable, prior to her retirement.
She then developed, and maintains, a healthy portfolio career, working mainly with professional regulators including, but not limited to, the Association of Chartered Accountants (ACCA); Social Work England (SWE) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW). Wendy chairs the organisations’ professional misconduct hearings to ensure the public are protected, and to maintain the public interest. In addition, she works for the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) interviewing and assessing candidates for judicial posts.
Her role with the Joint Audit and Risk Panel (JARAP) since 2021, indicates her continued desire to serve the public, and to hold the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable to account, for service provision in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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For agendas and papers for meetings, and for copies of the JARAP Annual Reports, please use the links below:
