Leon Briggs Death in custody misconduct hearing collapses.
Discussion
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-her...
Leon Briggs died in police custody in November 2013.
The Bedfordshire Police Federation blame the IOPC for the collapse of the misconduct hearing. The IOPC did not exist until 2018. Who was investigating the police officers in the 5 years prior to that?
It has been seven years since Mr. Briggs death. Who delayed the hearings and why?
The IOPC report that "Bedfordshire Police’s announcement earlier this week that it would offer no evidence to its disciplinary panel means that the hearing had no prospect of proceeding."
https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/response-end...
Police immunity in action again.
I wonder if the investigation into the killing of Sean Fitzgerald will take as long and be just as ineffective.
Leon Briggs died in police custody in November 2013.
The Bedfordshire Police Federation blame the IOPC for the collapse of the misconduct hearing. The IOPC did not exist until 2018. Who was investigating the police officers in the 5 years prior to that?
It has been seven years since Mr. Briggs death. Who delayed the hearings and why?
The IOPC report that "Bedfordshire Police’s announcement earlier this week that it would offer no evidence to its disciplinary panel means that the hearing had no prospect of proceeding."
https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/response-end...
Police immunity in action again.
I wonder if the investigation into the killing of Sean Fitzgerald will take as long and be just as ineffective.
IIRC, the inquest has not yet been completed. There will therefore be an enhanced inquest into the death, with a jury, and a narrative verdict.
The State's obligation under the EHRC to guarantee the right to life includes an obligation on the State to investigate deaths after police contact. Thus in every such case the inquest is an enhanced inquest, and a jury is always empanelled.
The State's obligation under the EHRC to guarantee the right to life includes an obligation on the State to investigate deaths after police contact. Thus in every such case the inquest is an enhanced inquest, and a jury is always empanelled.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 25th February 20:02
The adult care team have left the Wi-Fi password out again.
7 years to get to this stage for something that isn't that complicated. 6 years to find out they wouldn't be prosecuted and still the inquest to go.
What a disgrace.
There have been police officers suspended on full pay for all that time. Officers who've been unable to progress their careers due to the IPCC / IPOC taking 7 years.
7 years to get to this stage for something that isn't that complicated. 6 years to find out they wouldn't be prosecuted and still the inquest to go.
What a disgrace.
There have been police officers suspended on full pay for all that time. Officers who've been unable to progress their careers due to the IPCC / IPOC taking 7 years.
kestral said:
There should be an inquiry. It''s wrong for the police not to offer any evidence therfore collapsing the enquiry.
The public have a right to know that deaths in police custody are scrutinised.
Officers were not on the block for causing his death, all the evidence had previously been reviewed. The public have a right to know that deaths in police custody are scrutinised.
This investigation was an allegation into their professional behaviour, IPCC/IOPC royally f
ked up disclosure during their 6 year merry go round cluster fk of an investigation meaning they wouldn't have had a fair misconduct hearing. And IIRC the legally qualified chair has ordered an investigation into the IOPC over their absolute cluster of an investigation.
Quite who investigates an independent body I have no idea.
If the police had taken 6 years to investigate what was a simple offence, heads would rightly roll.
The 6 officers will no doubt have strong grounds for compensation, and rightly so.
Quite who investigates an independent body I have no idea.
If the police had taken 6 years to investigate what was a simple offence, heads would rightly roll.
The 6 officers will no doubt have strong grounds for compensation, and rightly so.
I did some work with the IPCC and they were not great but were OK-ish, but then for some reason the IPCC was binned and replaced by the IOPC. As usual, there were staff losses, and losses of institutional memory. Governments do love to reorganise regulators for no good reason. It's especially bad with NHS regulators.
I think one of the mistakes they made was no longer (or minimising) the recruitment of ex-police officers.
Instinctively you think there’d be a conflict of interest, but the quality of investigation between internal investigations and the IPOC is night and day for less serious matters, from my experience.
My impression was the more serious matters are performed well (such as shootings), but this death in custody is clearly a serious matter and appears to have been mishandled.
Instinctively you think there’d be a conflict of interest, but the quality of investigation between internal investigations and the IPOC is night and day for less serious matters, from my experience.
My impression was the more serious matters are performed well (such as shootings), but this death in custody is clearly a serious matter and appears to have been mishandled.
La Liga said:
Me neither, when I write “IPOC” I mean it to encompass “IPCC” as well, as from what I can see it wasn’t much more than a rebranding exercise.
The legislative changes to their powers over time are far more significant.
Obviously not significant enough yet, if they ever will be.The legislative changes to their powers over time are far more significant.
La Liga said:
The adult care team have left the Wi-Fi password out again.
7 years to get to this stage for something that isn't that complicated. 6 years to find out they wouldn't be prosecuted and still the inquest to go.
What a disgrace.
There have been police officers suspended on full pay for all that time. Officers who've been unable to progress their careers due to the IPCC / IPOC taking 7 years.
I agree it is a disgrace. Those officers should have been sacked within the first year.7 years to get to this stage for something that isn't that complicated. 6 years to find out they wouldn't be prosecuted and still the inquest to go.
What a disgrace.
There have been police officers suspended on full pay for all that time. Officers who've been unable to progress their careers due to the IPCC / IPOC taking 7 years.
BTW your lack of IT systems knowledge is pitiful. As is the level of your sarcasm. You need to step up your game.
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