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Recommendation 14
14
Accepted
Paragraph: 42
Commission wider review of police competence and disciplinary system effectiveness immediately
Recommendation
The Review of Dismissals was too narrow in scope. We recommend the Home Office immediately commission wider work on the functioning of the competence and disciplinary system, linked to the “Fitness to Practise” regime (see paras 51–54).
Government response summary AI-generated
The government outlines several specific reforms announced in August 2023 to strengthen policing standards and improve timeliness and efficiency, including returning hearing chairmanship to senior officers, presumptions for fast-track hearings and dismissal for gross misconduct, and clarifying removal for vetting failures.
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Paragraph Reference:
42
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
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.
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