Police misconduct sanctions
Public confidence undermined by police officer misconduct not being appropriately investigated and sanctioned.
Source spread
Where this theme appears
This theme appears across 11 independent accountability sources, so the source mix matters as much as the headline total.
15 inquiry recs
6 PFD reports
6 committee recs
2 PPO recs
14 IOPC recs
2 IMB recs
3 detention investigation recs
2 DHR recs
6 LGO/SPSO decisions
3 CJINI reports
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Source-grouped records are useful for tracing where a concern came from. Large sections show the 50 strongest matches for that source; counts still show the full theme total.
Inquiry recommendations(15)
MACP-55 — Implement and monitor new police disciplinary and complaints procedures for effectiveness
Recommendation: That the changes to Police Disciplinary and Complaints procedures proposed by the Home Secretary should be fully implemented and closely and publicly monitored as to their effectiveness.
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COVID-M2.6 — Enact Socio-economic Duty
Recommendation: The UK government should bring into force in England section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, implementing the socio-economic duty. The Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive should consider an equivalent provision within section 75 of the Northern Ireland …
Gov response: No formal response published by this government.
Accepted
COVID-M2.5 — Advisory Group Terms of Appointment
Recommendation: The Government Office for Science (GO-Science), the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) should each develop standard terms of appointment for all participants in scientific advisory groups. These terms should include: clarity around the …
Gov response: No formal response published by this government.
Accepted
MACP-58 — Home Secretary ensure independent investigation of serious complaints against police officers
Recommendation: That the Home Secretary, taking into account the strong expression of public perception in this regard, consider what steps can and should be taken to ensure that serious complaints against police officers are independently investigated. Investigation of police officers by …
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MACP-57 — Ensure racist acts by police officers lead to disciplinary proceedings and dismissal
Recommendation: That the Police Services should through the implementation of a Code of Conduct or otherwise ensure that racist words or acts proved to have been spoken or done by police officers should lead to disciplinary proceedings, and that it should …
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MACP-56 — Allow police disciplinary action for five years after an officer's retirement
Recommendation: That in order to eliminate the present provision which prevents disciplinary action after retirement, disciplinary action should be available for at least five years after an officer's retirement.
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JB-15.25 — Simple misconduct allegations to survive officer resignation
Recommendation: Serious consideration should be given to the public interest in amending the current legislation so that allegations of 'simple' misconduct, as distinct from 'gross' misconduct, will survive following a police officer's resignation or retirement. I do not recommend that the …
Gov response: Directed to Home Office. Part of broader review of complaints and disciplinary system.
Response Unclear
JB-15.20 — Process for firearms officer return to duty after fatal shooting
Recommendation: There needs to be proper and objective consideration by the NPCC as to whether, and if so when, it is appropriate for a firearms officer to return to active deployment following their part in a fatal shooting. Such consideration must …
Gov response: No formal NPCC response published. MPS response (28 October 2022, para 38) noted this is a national recommendation. Requires NPCC to establish process for considering when a firearms officer should return to active deployment following …
Accepted
JB-15.24 — IOPC power to require management action below misconduct threshold
Recommendation: The IOPC should be provided with the power to require a force to take 'management action' in situations that fall short of misconduct but where standards of conduct and/or performance have fallen short of a reasonable public expectation. A force …
Gov response: Directed to Home Office. Part of broader review of complaints and disciplinary system.
Response Unclear
BAHA-12 — CPErS Meals Guidance
Recommendation: JDP 1-10 should give some guidance in relation to the number of daily meals for CPErS and the timing of them. Such guidance will obviously need to take into account the operational realities, particularly close to the point of capture.
Gov response: Accepted. Guidance on meal provision for CPErS has been included in doctrine.
Accepted
BAHA-11 — Sleep Deprivation Prohibition
Recommendation: JDP 1-10 should make clear that it is prohibited deliberately to keep prisoners awake, even for short periods, merely because they may shortly face tactical questioning or interrogation. CPErS may nevertheless be woken up in order to be tactically questioned …
Gov response: Accepted. JDP 1-10 has been updated to prohibit deliberate sleep deprivation while allowing necessary waking for questioning.
Accepted
BAHA-10 — Sight Deprivation Principles
Recommendation: Five principles on permitted sight deprivation should be consistently emphasised in JDP 1-10 and subordinate doctrine and instructions: (1) where practicable the need to deprive CPErS of their sight should be avoided in the first place; (2) there must be …
Gov response: Accepted. All five principles have been incorporated into JDP 1-10 and subordinate doctrine.
Accepted
BAHA-1 — Prohibition on Hooding
Recommendation: The MoD should retain its current absolute prohibition on the use of hoods on Captured Personnel (CPErS).
Gov response: Accepted. The prohibition on hooding has been maintained and reinforced in all relevant doctrine and training.
Accepted
BRIS-115 — Discipline NHS staff who cover up or fail to report sentinel events
Recommendation: Members of staff in the NHS who cover up or do not report a sentinel event may be subject to disciplinary action by their employer or by their professional body.
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BRIS-104 — Professional bodies must adopt flexible, local disciplinary actions for misconduct
Recommendation: In the exercise of their disciplinary function the professional regulatory bodies must adopt a more flexible approach towards what constitutes misconduct. They must deal with cases, as far as possible, at a local level and must have available a range …
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Prevention of Future Deaths reports(6)
Elsie Gibson
Concerns: The coroner identified concerns regarding the Council's lack of prompt investigation and subsequent action following an injury caused by an unlicensed scaffold tower, noting this inaction may encourage others to disregard formal permission requirements.
Overdue
Neil Budziszewski
Concerns: The coroner identified deficiencies in police custody procedures, noting inadequate risk assessments for intoxicated detainees, a failure to maintain regular rousing checks, and insufficient training for detention officers on the risks of sobering individuals.
Response (South Yorkshire Police): • South Yorkshire Police implemented fully digital custody records and electronic custody systems to improve risk assessment, check recording, and legibility. • Policies and training for custody staff and inspectors … (AI summary)
Responded
Anne-Marie Nield
Concerns: Concerns were raised regarding police officers' understanding and application of the Domestic Abuse policy, particularly terminology and the significance of non-fatal strangulation. The report also identified failures in placing police system markers, conducting adequate risk assessments, and the incomplete implementation of prior review recommendations.
Response (Greater Manchester Police): • Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has updated training for student and frontline officers on domestic abuse policy, non-fatal strangulation as a risk factor, and risk assessment. • GMP has implemented … (AI summary)
Responded
Kevin Clarke
Concerns: The coroner raised concerns regarding inadequate police officer training for monitoring detainee health, insufficient paramedic leadership and integration in detention situations, and ineffective application of the Safety Officer role during restraint incidents. Serious inadequacies were also noted in supervision and risk assessment processes.
Response (London Ambulance Service): • The London Ambulance Service (LAS) introduced Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD) training for all new clinicians and established a Newly Qualified Paramedic program. • The LAS worked with national teams … (AI summary)
Response (Metropolitan Police Service): • First aid training now includes monitoring responsive casualties for deterioration and assessing vital signs, with specific breathing rate 'goalposts of life'. • Officer safety training now requires Safety Officers … (AI summary)
Responded
Terri Harris, John-Paul Bennett, Lacey Bennett and Connie Gent
Concerns: The coroner raises concerns that critical offender information was not clearly recorded or easily accessible in Probation Service records, impacting risk assessment. Domestic abuse and child safeguarding checks were also insufficient or lacking, posing ongoing risks.
Response (Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust): • Phoenix Futures will use a Probation Feedback Form to report attendance by individuals open to probation within 48 hours of attended appointments and 24 hours of failed appointments. • … (AI summary)
Response (HM Prison and Probation Service): • New guidance for recording closed cases and handling sensitive information will be issued by April 2024, and a new assessment service is being developed for rollout by 2026. • … (AI summary)
Response (Capita): • Capita reinforced safeguarding requirements for field operatives through briefings and a new e-learning module. • Additional safeguarding training was provided to Duty Shift Managers responsible for incident reporting. • … (AI summary)
Overdue
Rebekah Arter
Concerns: The coroner expresses concern over potential missed opportunities by the IOPC and Metropolitan Police Service to identify Rebekah as a victim of domestic abuse and coercive control, hindering her protection. This involved a history of unexplained injuries and her husband's misuse of police powers.
Response (Independent Office for Police Complaints): • The IOPC stated it has robust safeguarding procedures in place, which were updated and strengthened in 2024. • The IOPC indicated it would review its guidance regarding risk assessments … (AI summary)
Response (Home Office): • The Home Office provided £13.1 million to establish a National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection. • Reforms were introduced to police misconduct and vetting … (AI summary)
Response (Metropolitan Police Service): • The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) launched a new Force Vetting Policy in June 2024, which includes a Statement of Vetting Tolerances and a Vetting Decision-Making Framework. • The MPS … (AI summary)
Responded
Select committee recommendations(6)
#27 — Insolvency Service disqualifies few directors for phoenixism despite significant tax debt losses
Recommendation: The Insolvency Service disqualified 6,274 directors over the period 2018–19 to 2023–24, but only seven of these were for phoenixism.83 HMRC estimates that phoenixism accounted for 15% of its tax debt losses in 2022–23, which equates to at least £500 …
Response attribution not verified
#25 — HMRC criminal prosecutions have significantly declined, weakening deterrent effect on tax fraud
Recommendation: In correspondence after our evidence session HMRC said that in 2023–24 it had launched 430 new criminal investigations and more than 10,200 civil investigations into suspected fraud, and had charged around 17,000 penalties for deliberate non–compliance.74 However, the number of …
Response attribution not verified
#6 — Develop a plan to increase prosecutions and disqualifications for tax evaders and rogue directors.
Recommendation: HMRC and the Insolvency Service are not tackling tax evaders or rogue directors sufficiently, particularly for phoenixism. The number of prosecutions resulting from HMRC’s criminal investigations reduced from 749 in 2018–19 to 344 in 2023–24. The previous Public Accounts Committee …
Response attribution not verified
#2 — Public confidence is undermined when police officer misconduct is not appropriately punished.
Recommendation: It should be clear that a police officer accused, for example, of mistreating a member of the public or of bullying colleagues or subordinates should be subject, like any other person working in the public service, to investigation and sanction …
Response attribution not verified
#17 — The statutory and regulatory frameworks require full utilisation for fair officer sanctions.
Recommendation: The available statutory and regulatory frameworks must be used by forces and the IOPC to obtain fair, transparent and appropriate sanctions against officers. (Paragraph 98) The IOPC complaints system
Response attribution not verified
#4 — Many complainants remain unsatisfied with police and IOPC investigations into officer misconduct and sanctions applied.
Recommendation: Each complaint has unique features, and we have heard from a significant number of people whose dealings with police forces, the IOPC or its predecessor have left them unsatisfied with the investigation of their complaints or the level of sanction …
Response attribution not verified
PPO death in custody recommendations(2)
IOPC learning recommendations(14)
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should take steps to ensure that when it has been identified that an officer has failed to report or challenge improper conduct, whether or not misconduct processes are initiated against that officer, appropriate steps …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should review how it deals with internal reports of sexual harassment, including how the Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) should engage with victims, seeking their views about designating them as persons entitled to information …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS ensures those investigating allegations of bullying and harassment are adequately detached and independent to avoid potential conflicts of interest and to build confidence. This follows an investigation into allegations of bullying and harassment amongst …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS ensures there are metrics in place to measure and demonstrate, in a transparent way, improvements made in tackling bullying and harassment and confidence in the MPS approach to this. This could include reporting on …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should take steps to ensure there is effective supervision and quality assurance in place for officers where there is little measurable work output to review, to ensure the maintenance of policing standards and officers’ …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should assure itself that sufficient steps have been taken to ensure appropriate supervision and welfare is in place to prevent officers becoming isolated through their duties. This follows an investigation into allegations of misconduct …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should review whether frontline roles, particularly response policing of busy areas such as Leicester Square, are assessed as roles which carry greater risk of stress and trauma, and apply the College of Policing psychological …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should review and ensure the adequacy of its current training and guidance on the requirement by police officers to report, challenge or take action against the conduct of colleagues. This should include the responsibilities …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should build on the steps it has taken internally against bullying and harassment, by publicly committing to a position of zero-tolerance on bullying and harassment, which is embedded through messaging, guidance, training and on-going …
National recommendations relating to 'Wayne Couzens failures' - National Police Chiefs' Council …
The IOPC recommends that the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) considers the development and implementation of a Continuous Integrity Screening capability which will notify the appropriate Professional Standard Department’s (PSD) of when a police officer or police staff member is …
Operation Hotton recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2021
The IOPC recommends that the MPS should review and ensure the adequacy of its current training and guidance on the appropriate use of social media, including duties under the Code of Ethics that extend to officer’s private lives. In particular, …
Failure to investigate indecent exposure – Metropolitan Police Service, February 2021
The IOPC recommends that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) considers the development of a system which automatically notifies the Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) of when a serving police officer is linked to an ongoing police investigation. This follows an …
Recommendation - Sussex Police, June 2022
The IOPC recommends that Sussex Police review and amend their training for control room staff to ensure that it involves mental health episodes and that this reflects the full content of the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice (APP). This …
Recommendations - Surrey Police, August 2020
The IOPC recommends that Surrey Police should ensure all custody officers and staff are made aware of and understand any new measures and guidance that are implemented to prevent the routine CCTV recording of strip and intimate searches of detainees. …
IMB individual recommendations(2)
South and East Short Term Holding Facilities (STHF) (2025)
As noted in 7.3, the Board recommends that the Home Office review the use of handcuffs at Luton Airport, when residents are moved through public areas, as the Board considers this non-compliant with STHF Rule 11 - Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018 amended by Short-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022.
Home Office
Scotland and Northern Ireland short-term holding facilities (STHF) (2025)
How did you investigate the apparent serious governance failures that led Mitie Care and Custody, in May 2024, to issue an instruction mandating the blanket use of handcuffs – a directive it later rescinded?
Home Office
Detention investigations(3)
Independent Investigation into Concerns about Brook House Immigration Removal Centre — Rec R52
The SMT should ensure that a single log is kept of all allegations or instances of misconduct by staff and the actions taken in respect of them. (To be completed within 3 months)
Immigration Detention
Investigation into the Disturbance and Fire at Yarl's Wood Removal … — Rec 58
IND reviews disciplinary arrangements in removal centres.
Immigration Detention
Investigation into Allegations of Racism and Mistreatment of Detainees at … — Rec 4
I recommend that Securicor draws my views to the attention of those officers still employed who were responsible for taping the detainee's skirt together between her legs, and considers what further action may be required.
Immigration Detention
Independent reviews(43)
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 30
'Final corrective reprimand' replaces 'final written improvement notice/final written warning' with time spent on officers' reports and mark time to be increased from its current level to a newly assessed (higher) level.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 29
'Written warning' is replaced by 'written corrective warning' in one common set of sanctions.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 28
'Memo of Correction' replaces management advice as a sanction in one common set of sanctions.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 27
'Reduction in rank' becomes a sanction available in misconduct cases.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 26
Remove the sanction 'extension of a final written warning' from possible outcomes.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 25
Remove the sanction of 'dismissal with notice'.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 18
A 'dismissal test' is applied to disciplinary issues as a second stage to the 'police test', replacing severity assessments, making clear through benchmarking (cf. with recommendation 2) what would lead to dismissal. Anything that is below the dismissal threshold is rehabilitative. The terms gross misconduct and gross incompetence are abandoned.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 13
Data on dismissal, resignation and retirement cases linked to disciplinary action is published yearly to ensure transparency and accountability.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 10
A register of police officers and staff members is established. Any officer or police staff member that is dismissed is struck off and disbarred from service in any police force, and from working in bodies such as the IPCC and HMIC. Any police officer or staff member who resigns or …
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 8
A 'police test' is defined, to guide intervention for all disciplinary issues, including performance and conduct. The 'test' would have applicability for cases that might also arise from complaints.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 2
A benchmarking exercise is undertaken to determine the level of sanctions for both internal misconduct and performance standards, and for sanctions consequent upon civil convictions, to be universally applied across all forces.
Policing & Security
Winsor Review Part 2 — Rec 51
Hearings under the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008, which have the power to dismiss an officer, should also have the power to remove some or all of the compensation payment for the contract of appointment to which the chief officer is currently subject if there has been a violation of the …
Policing & Security
IOPC Review — Rec 9
The Home Office should consider, in consultation with the IOPC, the merits and implications of options to address an apparent gap in the police complaints and disciplinary systems, to ensure learning is made and individuals held accountable where a death or serious injury during or following police contact is only …
Policing & Security
Angiolini Review — Rec 83
Once clear criteria have been made open and transparent, dismissal should always follow findings of gross misconduct unless there are wholly exceptional circumstances which justify a different sanction. Such exceptional circumstances must be fully explained to the family.
Policing & Security
Accepted
Angiolini Review — Rec 80
The IPCC should publish criteria for deciding on whether police action amounts to misconduct or gross misconduct.
Policing & Security
Accepted
Angiolini Review — Rec 79
In Article 2 related deaths the IPCC should consider making a formal written request for the restriction of duties (in misconduct investigations) and the suspension of officers pending the outcome of gross misconduct and/or criminal investigations, although the final decision should remain with the Chief Constable.
Policing & Security
Accepted
Angiolini Review — Rec 77
Police must be held to account both at an individual and corporate level, where restraint has been found to have been used in an unnecessary, disproportionate or excessive way.
Policing & Security
Accepted
Casey Review — Rec 16
The key measures used to test whether these reforms are taking place and delivering reforms at the scale and pace necessary should include: Improvements in public trust, confidence and fairness amongst Londoners, and a narrowing of the gaps in these measures between Black, ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ Londoners and all …
Policing & Security
Accepted
Casey Review — Rec 5
The Government should expedite providing the Commissioner with new powers to support his efforts to rapidly reform and clean up the Met, including: i) providing Chief Constables the right of appeal to a Police Appeals Tribunal following a misconduct hearing when they conclude the sanction is inadequate. ii) enabling the …
Policing & Security
Accepted
Casey Review — Rec 2
The Met should embed and enforce the highest policing ethical values and standards across all of its systems and management, from recruitment and vetting through to supervision and the misconduct process, making sure these are adhered to by all its officers and staff, and that those who breach the standards …
Policing & Security
Accepted
Casey Review — Rec 1
The misconduct process is not fit for purpose. A new, independent, multi-disciplinary team of officers and staff should be brought in by the Met to reform how it deals with misconduct cases, with a particular focus on how it handles sexual misconduct, domestic abuse and discrimination.
Policing & Security
Accepted
Jones: Patronising Disposition Review — Rec 25
Policy and practice in respect of police complaints and disciplinary proceedings have been reformed substantially – largely in response to public concern following the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel's report in 2012. I welcome those changes but recognise that is too early to assess their effectiveness. The fresh criminal …
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 36
All terminology and language is changed to reflect what the system is designed to do - that is to say it should be 'corrective' or 'rehabilitative' for all infringements short of dismissal.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 35
Consider lowering the level to which the 'appropriate authority' can be delegated to inspector or equivalent for matters that do not lead to dismissal.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 34
Conduct and performance processes are aligned and regulations are combined in a single document.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 33
All stages as currently defined in performance regulations are removed.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 32
There should be an obligation to have previously declared mitigations where appropriate.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 31
Mitigations that have not been previously mentioned that involved welfare or might have lead to positive early interventions should be disregarded in most cases. Non-disclosure will tell against the mitigation.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 24
Where the IPCC directs a dismissal hearing in cases where the force does not accept their recommendation, the IPCC should present the case to the hearing panel.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 23
The police officer member on hearing panels is not from the same force (or district in the case of the MPS) as any individuals who are subject to proceedings.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 22
The police officer membership on hearing panels includes Superintendents and above (at least one rank above any persons subject to the proceedings).
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 19
All hearings are chaired by a legally qualified person.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 6
All management interventions short of dismissal are focused on transformation, clearly defined, reviewed, taught and reinforced across all police forces.
Policing & Security
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 5
Provide training to all officers, PSDs and hearing panel members in the disciplinary system to ensure consistency and increase effectiveness across all forces.
Policing & Security
Winsor Review Part 1 — Rec 54
The Police (Performance) Regulations 2008 should be amended to provide that if a police officer has had two or more adverse determinations made against him, on substantive (rather than procedural) grounds, in concluded UPP proceedings within the past five years, subsequent UPP proceedings should begin at Stage 3.
Policing & Security
IOPC Review — Rec 65
The IOPC and Home Office should make their statistics about police misconduct proceedings and related criminal proceedings more easily accessible, irrespective of which organisation is publishing the information.
Policing & Security
IOPC Review — Rec 8
The Home Office should ensure the 'organisational police duty of candour' is designed in such a way to strengthen the IOPC's ability to infer from lack of candour on the part of police officers and staff during IOPC investigations.
Policing & Security
Angiolini Review — Rec 78
The IPCC should address discrimination issues robustly within misconduct recommendations, including where discrimination is not overt but can be inferred from the evidence in that specific case or similar cases involving the same officer.
Policing & Security
Accepted
Angiolini Review — Rec 9
CCTV should be introduced in police vans nationally to allow monitoring of restrained detainees, in conjunction with vigilant supervision of welfare and safety during transport. Failure to maintain and ensure its proper functioning should be a disciplinary issue. Unforeseen CCTV failures should not result in a van being taken out …
Policing & Security
Accepted
Chapman Police Disciplinary Review — Rec 1
A body (ideally the College of Policing) to take on the role of overseeing the police disciplinary system. It should ensure consistency across all police forces, taking responsibility for setting and reviewing standards, and issuing appropriate guidance to forces.
Policing & Security
Leveson Criminal Courts Review — Rec 13
I accept that the statutory threshold for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation where an officer has made a decision regarding bail should remain, but I recommend that the Home Office and IOPC guidance should be amended to make it clear that, in the context of bail, only …
Justice & Legal
Casey Review — Rec 4
Some of the worst cultures, behaviours and practices identified by the Review have been found in specialist firearms units, where standards should be at their absolute highest. The Commissioner should introduce immediate changes to address our concerns with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP) and Specialist Firearms (MO19) Commands, including: …
Policing & Security
Accepted
Hampton Review — Rec 10
As part of its work, the Better Regulation Executive’s review of penalties should consider the possible benefits of introducing restitutive justice and/or restorative justice orders.
Other
LGO / SPSO decisions(6)
201403927 — Scottish Prison Service
Mr C said the prison failed to reasonably investigate a complaint about the problems he had making an appeal against a disciplinary decision. Mr C's appeal was rejected because it was made too late. Mr C told the prison that an earlier appeal had been made within the two week …
SPSO (Scottish Public Se…
Prisons
Upheld
Jul 2015
22-000-594 — Blackburn with Darwen Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the wrongful use of enforcement agents as we are satisfied with the actions the Council has proposed to remedy the matter.
LGO (Local Government & …
Transport And Highways
Jun 2022
22-008-218 — Cornwall Council
Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint the Council has revoked his taxi licence following an incident at a taxi rank. We cannot lawfully investigate because Mr X is using his court remedy against loss of his taxi licence. There is no other injustice which the Ombudsman could investigate.
LGO (Local Government & …
Environment And Regulation
Oct 2022
25-020-200 — Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to Mr X’s complaint regarding the conduct of enforcement wardens he witnessed. This is because an investigation would not lead to a different outcome for Mr X.
LGO (Local Government & …
Transport And Highways
Dec 2025
25-008-447 — Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about someone filming Miss X. This is mainly because the Information Commissioner is better placed than us to deal with the matter.
LGO (Local Government & …
Other Categories
Nov 2025
25-015-071 — Medway Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint about the conduct of councillors. This is because the complainant has not suffered significant injustice.
LGO (Local Government & …
Other Categories
Jan 2026
Domestic Homicide Reviews(2)
Stafford — recommendation 1
That Staffordshire Police should remind all Senior Officers and staff with responsibility for determining Right to Review applications of the importance of independence and transparency, and to consider the impact on this of any previous involvement with the individuals or case concerned when deciding who should undertake the review.
Staffordshire Police
Staffordshire Police
Kent — recommendation 6.3
Police officers and staff should be reminded that, following a report of domestic abuse involving a member of Kent Police (either as a perpetrator or victim), the Professional Standards Department should be informed, usually via a locally based supervisor of the rank of inspector or above.
Kent Police
Kent Police
CJINI inspection reports(3)
The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland – A process verification assessment
Policing, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Sep 2014
Investigation of abuse of position concerns and complaints by the Office of the Police Ombudsman
Policing, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Mar 2025
An inspection into the independence of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Policing, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Sep 2011