Report - Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary
- Reference:
- PCCS/00208/PF-D&G
- Police Body:
- Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary
- Date:
- 20 February 2010
- Download:
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In 2006 the applicant was interviewed and subsequently arrested by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary (D&G) in relation to criminal allegations made against him by his former partner. At around the same time he reported that his former partner had assaulted him. The applicant lodged a number of complaints against D&G in relation to the way in which it dealt with him during the course of its investigations.
The Commissioner found that D&G dealt with the majority of the complaints in a reasonable manner. However, the Commissioner found that one complaint (complaint 5) had not been dealt with reasonably. This complaint concerned an alleged failure by D&G to establish the veracity of the alibi provided by the applicant’s former partner in respect of the allegation he made against her. The Commissioner found that although sufficient enquiries were made by D&G into this matter following receipt of the applicant’s complaint, the applicant was not provided with details of any enquiries conducted by D&G at the time it was first notified of the alibi. The Commissioner recommended that D&G provide the applicant with any such details.