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Recommendation 7
7
Deferred
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Amend College of Policing leadership standards to mandate supporting whistleblowers and reporting misconduct
Recommendation
The College of Policing’s standards for leaders must, at every level of leadership, include the responsibility to support team members who call out inappropriate behaviour, along with the duty to do so oneself. We recommend the standards are amended accordingly. We invite the College of Policing to write to us on progress towards standards revision and the impact of changes in six months’ time.
Government Response Summary
The government refers to a dismissals review that led to announced reforms for misconduct, vetting, and performance systems, and highlights the existing police Barred List, rather than directly addressing the College of Policing's standards for leaders.
Paragraph Reference:
23
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
18. The dismissals review has considered wide areas of concern, as a result of which the Government announced a series of reforms to strengthen the misconduct, vetting and performance systems. 19. Police officers are subject to a regulated system of discipline, which includes those dismissed for either performance or misconduct reasons being added to the police Barred List, preventing them from re-joining policing organisations in the future.