Report - Northern Constabulary
- Reference:
- PCCS/00218/PF-NC
- Police Body:
- Northern Constabulary
- Date:
- 24 April 2010
- Download:
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The six complaints dealt with in this report relate to the applicant's detention and arrest following an alleged offence. Of those six complaints, the Commissioner found that four were not dealt with in a reasonable manner, largely because of inadequacies in Northern Constabulary's investigations and/or the responses given.
The Commissioner recommended that Northern Constabulary apologises to the applicant for the way in which it handled these four complaints.
The Commissioner also recommended that Northern Constabulary review its procedures on the use of appropriate adults in light of guidance issued on this topic in 2007.
As well as complaining about the police, the applicant sought to complain about a police surgeon and the appropriate adult appointed in his case. As a learning point, the Commissioner identified the need for police forces to advise complainers the agencies such complaints should be directed to.