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Recommendation 23
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Deferred
Paragraph: 60
Clarify rights for police officers as victims and complainants through legislative amendments
Recommendation
We recommend the Home Office work with the Ministry of Justice in considering amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill to clarify rights for police officers who are themselves the victims of police-perpetrated crime. The Home Office should work with the Independent Office for Police Conduct to ascertain how police complainants could be afforded similar rights to other complainants and whether this would require amending the Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020. Any necessary changes to the Regulations should be completed with the current Parliament.
Government Response Summary
The government deflects by discussing the supercomplaint on section 60 stop and search, the responsibility for stop and search research, and a public consultation on a Community Scrutiny Framework, none of which address the recommended amendments for victims' rights.
Paragraph Reference:
60
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
56. The investigation into the supercomplaint on section 60 stop and search is a matter for HMICFRS, together with the IOPC and College of Policing. The Home Office welcomes the report on the supercomplaint, which was published on 15 December. The report makes a number of recommendations for the Home Office, to which the department will respond shortly. 57. Action on HMICRS’s recommendation regarding further research to quantify the deterrent value of stop and search and the causes of disproportionality in its use is for the NPCC and College of Policing. 58. To help improve public trust and confidence in policing, the Government has consulted publicly on a draft Community Scrutiny Framework which aims to set out principles to enable the effective scrutiny police use of powers, including stop and search. Responses to the consultation are under consideration, in preparation for publication of the Framework in the new year.