Written questions as alternative to face-to-face IOPC interviews
Jermaine Baker Inquiry · Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · Issued 5 July 2022 · Addressed to: Independent Office for Police Conduct
Government responseIndependent Office for Police Conduct: Noted (Oct 2022)
DeliveryNo statement from Independent Office for Police Conduct found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 15.23
Consideration should be given to the introduction of a practice requiring, as an alternative to a face-to-face interview, the submission of a list of questions for written answer within a fixed time – failure to provide which, absent a reasonable excuse, would amount to misconduct.
Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · 5 Jul 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
Danny Simpson, Solicitor for the Independent Office for Police Conduct, stated in October 2022 that the issue informed police witness guidance published in July 2022, which permits questions to be sent to key police witnesses and notes that a failure to respond in a timely manner may lead to a referral to consider recording a conduct matter (Danny Simpson response, Oct 2022). The record holds no update since the Independent Office for Police Conduct's response of October 2022 (Danny Simpson response, Oct 2022).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.
Government response
●Independent Office for Police Conduct · Noted · 20 Oct 2022
This issue was raised during the inquiry and informed the IOPC’s police witness guidance which was being developed and was published on 13 July 2022. The guidance permits questions to be sent to key police witnesses and for them to be required to respond in a timely manner. It explains a failure to do so may lead to a referral to the Appropriate Authority (to consider recording a conduct matter).
Response document: Jemaine Baker Public Inquiry (IOPC letter to the Solicitors to the Inquiry)
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Independent Office for Police Conduct has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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