Report - Tayside Police
- Reference:
- PCCS/00601/PF-TP(A) and (B)
- Police Body:
- Tayside Police
- Date:
- 19 March 2010
- Download:
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The applicant is a taxi operator whose taxi is driven by Mr A. Between 2006 and 2009 Constable B issued Mr A with various warnings under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 in respect of the condition of the taxi. These warnings have resulted in Mr A being referred to the local authority's licensing committee on two occasions. As the conditions imposed under the 1982 Act apply to taxi drivers rather than taxi operators, the warnings issued to Mr A had no direct impact upon the applicant. The applicant nevertheless felt that he was being picked on and singled out by Constable B and he complained to Tayside Police regarding the latter's actions.
The Commissioner found that both complaints were handled by Tayside Police in a reasonable manner. Accordingly, no further action is required of Tayside Police in respect of the complaints.
However, the Commissioner identified as a learning point the need for all statements taken during the course of a complaints investigation to be dated. The Commissioner expects this to be communicated to all officers within Tayside Police who have responsibility for handling complaints.