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Recommendation 9
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Enable police forces to proactively access PND for adverse information on officers and staff
Recommendation
We support the recommendation from HMICFRS that by 31 December 2023 Chief Constables make routine use of the PND to discover otherwise unreported adverse information about officers and staff. We recommend that the Government, and HMICFRS, urgently work with the PND and other sources of valuable information pertaining to their employees’ conduct, to enable ready and proactive access. We would request that they report progress on this in their response to this report.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states there is no legislative vehicle for increased HMICFRS powers, notes that policing leaders have not yet agreed on how to implement more regular PCC reporting, and indicates they are still considering other recommendations and will respond later.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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14. The NPCC asked all forces to check officers and staff against the PND. Aside from this, the NPCC is working to develop a continuous integrity screening programme which will aim to improve intelligence sharing/flagging across policing. 15. Police forces should have measures in place to allow police officers and staff to come forward to report wrongdoing by colleagues in confidence if necessary. These issues have formed part of HMICFRS inspections in the past. In addition, the IOPC has a confidential reporting line for officers and staff to report wrongdoing by their policing colleagues. The IOPC’s effectiveness has been reviewed as part of the independent review by Dr Gillian Fairfield and is being considered by the Home Office as noted above. Part 2 of the Angiolini Inquiry is also examining wider issues in policing, including the effectiveness of whistleblowing processes.
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