Instead, he pointed to the ASA as a possible halfway house between self-regulation and statutory policing of the print media.
The guidance issued by the senior presiding judge in England and Wales surprised many, as magistrates have had a statutory role on police authorities for more than 30 years.
Every day, Ashram Housing Association's reducing domestic violence service gets around five calls from the police, statutory and voluntary agencies asking us to help women affected by domestic abuse.
We have developed relationships with the NUT, Merseyside Police, statutory and voluntary health providers, housing providers, youth services and many other minority community groups who are now ambassadors for our work and use us to train their staff.
Ministers agreed on Thursday to set up a new statutory code on police search powers and to discuss the need for specific powers to search children for alcohol after being warned by Scott that "non-statutory stop and search lacks any legal framework and is of questionable lawfulness and legitimacy, with poor accountability".
Mr. Wright and Mr. Carter both said there was no statutory requirement that police officers take an oath, and Mr. Wright said the state code cited by the judge in his ruling did not apply to police officers covered under a bargaining contract, like those in Indianapolis.
For example, California's statutory protections for police personnel files require anyone seeking to access the files, even for Brady purposes, to file a motion in the trial court showing good cause for why the court should review the files in chambers.
"Statutory regulations govern police misconduct proceedings and state they are considered a private process," it said in a statement.
The IPCC said it was "considering the responses" to the consultation on the draft statutory guidance on police post-incident management.
Among measures announced: Legislation will be drawn up to give the police statutory powers to confiscate the passports of suspect terrorists at UK borders.
