Complex police complaints
Overly complex and technical language in police complaints and discipline systems, leading to public disengagement.
8 items
1 source
5 inquiries
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Complex police complaints has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
8 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (8)
COVID-M2.5 — Advisory Group Terms of Appointment
Recommendation: The Government Office for Science (GO-Science), the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) should each develop standard terms of appointment for all participants in scientific advisory groups. These terms should include: clarity around the …
Gov response: No formal response published by this government.
Accepted
COVID-M2.4 — Publish Technical Advice During Emergencies
Recommendation: During a whole-system civil emergency, the UK government and devolved administrations should each routinely publish technical advice on scientific, economic and social matters at the earliest opportunity, as well as the minutes of expert advisory groups – except where there …
Gov response: The government agrees with the Inquiry that it is important to provide clear communications to the public during an emergency. The government has made significant progress on the provision of guidance to departments when dealing …
Accepted
3 — Disapply 12-month limit for CSA police complaints
Recommendation: The Chair and Panel recommend that the National Police Chiefs' Council ensures that complaints relating to child sexual abuse are no longer 'disapplied' by police forces on the grounds that the incident involved took place more than 12 months before …
Gov response: This recommendation is directed at the National Police Chiefs' Council which has responded separately to the Inquiry.
Accepted
MACP-10 — Disclose investigating officers' reports to complainants, subject only to substantial harm test
Recommendation: That Investigating Officers' reports resulting from public complaints should not attract Public Interest Immunity as a class. They should be disclosed to complainants, subject only to the "substantial harm" test for withholding disclosure.
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JB-15.24 — IOPC power to require management action below misconduct threshold
Recommendation: The IOPC should be provided with the power to require a force to take 'management action' in situations that fall short of misconduct but where standards of conduct and/or performance have fallen short of a reasonable public expectation. A force …
Gov response: Directed to Home Office. Part of broader review of complaints and disciplinary system.
Response Unclear
JB-15.23 — Written questions as alternative to face-to-face IOPC interviews
Recommendation: Consideration should be given to the introduction of a practice requiring, as an alternative to a face-to-face interview, the submission of a list of questions for written answer within a fixed time – failure to provide which, absent a reasonable …
Gov response: IOPC has called for fundamental reform of complaints and disciplinary system. Government announced intention to commission review.
Response Unclear
No update 2+ yrs
DM-12 — Resources for tackling police corruption
Recommendation: The Metropolitan Police must ensure that the necessary resources are allocated to the task of tackling corrupt behaviour among its officers. Without proper resources there can be no effective fight against corruption. Since the Independent Office for Police Conduct has …
Gov response: For 2023/24, the MPS will receive up to £3.3bn via the police funding settlement, an increase of up to £102.3m when compared with 2022/23. In addition, the MPS faces increased demands on resources from policing …
Accepted
JB-15.25 — Simple misconduct allegations to survive officer resignation
Recommendation: Serious consideration should be given to the public interest in amending the current legislation so that allegations of 'simple' misconduct, as distinct from 'gross' misconduct, will survive following a police officer's resignation or retirement. I do not recommend that the …
Gov response: Directed to Home Office. Part of broader review of complaints and disciplinary system.
Response Unclear