Recommendations - North Wales Police, January 2025
Recommendation date: 21 January 2025
Response due: 18 March 2025
Published: 25 March 2025
We identified organisational learning after our review of a complaint investigation found a number of errors were made in managing an officer's dyslexia, record keeping and statement preparation.
Recommendations (2)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that North Wales Police review, and where necessary amend, their practice, guidance and policies surrounding the managing and recording of employees’ disabilities and provision of reasonable adjustments for disabled employees. This learning recommendation has arisen following an … Read more
Force Response
Accepted North Wales Police now have a Working with Disability Policy which covers the provision of reasonable adjustments for disabled employees. A Workplace Adjustment Passport is now in place to support the management and recording of employee disabilities and reasonable … Read more
Recommendation 2
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that North Wales Police review, and where necessary amend, their training, guidance and policies provided to police officers and staff about how to write a statement. This learning recommendation has arisen following an IOPC investigation review following … Read more
Force Response
Accepted The current training and guidance provided to police officers and staff for statement writing has been reviewed. Work is now ongoing to improve the training for police officers and staff members who, owing to a disability or reasonable adjustment, … Read more