Report - Northern Constabulary
- Reference:
- PCCS/458/PF-NC
- Police Body:
- Northern Constabulary
- Date:
- 19 March 2010
- Download:
- Download Report - Northern Constabulary
On 24 November 2007 the applicant was ejected from a public house by door stewards. Thereafter an altercation took place between the applicant and the door stewards outside the public house. The applicant's complaints are that Northern Constabulary failed to investigate his allegation that he had been assaulted and that Northern Constabulary took an unreasonable time to respond to his complaint.
On review, the Commissioner decided that Northern Constabulary's response to the applicant in respect of his complaint was reasonable and justified by the available evidence.
However, the Commissioner noted that the time taken to deal with the applicant's complaint was longer than Northern Constabulary's 28 day target. Accordingly, the Commissioner recommended that Northern Constabulary explains to the applicant the reason for the delay in responding to his complaint. The Commissioner also recommended that Northern Constabulary apologises to the applicant for the delay in dealing with his complaint.