Um especialista em Lancashire em Direito Penal está apoiando a mudança da Assembléia de Londres para investigar por que existem tantos atrasos longos para muitos casos que envolvem alegações de má conduta entre os policiais. (IOPC) Em conjunto com os departamentos internos de padrões profissionais, estão perseguindo as pessoas erradas. Vai longe o suficiente. Alguns oficiais tiveram que esperar anos enquanto uma investigação é realizada durante o qual suas vidas e carreiras são suspensas. acusado. ”
Rachel Adamson, head of fraud and regulatory at Preston-based Adkirk Law with more than 25 years’ experience, says that in many cases she believes the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) in conjunction with internal professional standards departments are pursuing the wrong people.
At the same time, new Home Office legislation has been introduced from February which aims to simplify the complaints system and put a greater emphasis on handling complaints in a ‘reasonable and proportionate manner’ for new cases after January 31.
Rachel said: “This is a welcome step in the right direction but I question whether it goes far enough. Some cases are so minor that they could be heard quickly with decisions made or sanctions imposed to ensure the officers can carry on with their job and their lives in the meantime.
“A significant statistic says that only five police officers out of 48 accused have been dismissed in the last three years following allegations of misconduct.
“The delays are simply wrong. Some officers have had to wait years while an investigation is carried out during which time their lives and careers are put on hold.
“On a number of occasions in the recent past, I have successfully defended officers in high-profile cases which have brought media attention because they are high-ranking officers accused of breaching professional standards. There are many other cases which aren’t as high profile but equally important – every case delayed brings its own distress for the accused.”
No caso de Parm Sandhu, um superintendente -chefe temporário, uma investigação foi lançada sobre alegações que ela incentivou colegas a apoiar sua indicação para a medalha policial de uma rainha (QPM). Ela foi liberada por má conduta bruta cerca de 12 meses depois, depois de sofrer o estresse dessas reivindicações. O caso agora é objeto de um tribunal de emprego para ouvir suas alegações de que ela foi discriminada há muitos anos. Pedindo ao prefeito Sadiq Khan para fazer representações ao IOPC para reduzir significativamente a duração das investigações e revisar o limiar evidencial que deve ser atendido para uma investigação para prosseguir. Os casos são trazidos para vários supostos atos de má conduta que levam a uma investigação interna do departamento de padrões profissionais ou da IOPC. Downtown in Business
The firm’s move comes as the London Assembly awaits a response from the IOPC after condemning it for the two-year delay in hearing the case of a PC who was cleared of any wrongdoing after being accused of knocking a moped mugger to the ground.
The Assembly members passed a motion asking for Mayor Sadiq Khan to make representations to the IOPC to significantly reduce the length of investigations and to review the evidential threshold that must be met for an investigation to proceed.Cases are brought for various alleged acts of misconduct which lead to an internal investigation from the professional standards department or the IOPC.
