Leon Briggs Death in custody misconduct hearing collapses.
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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.
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.
Derek Smith said:
..However, a friend and colleague of mine was suspended on full pay for 5 years on a different case. His career was shot and he was the target of intimidation and threats. He was forced to move out of country due to the lack of support from his own force...
Why did the investigation take so long? Who was responsible? Intimidation and threats from whom?Justice and the tax payer were not well served by the delay.
Delay seems to be a means of managing hot potatoes.
Will the delay give the IOPC time to find a reason not to pass on the killing of Sean Fitzgerald to the CPS and will it, in turn, trot out its well-worn “not sufficient evidence for a realistic prosecution” bulls
t to hand the killer an immunity card.I wonder if the full details of that killing will be made public.
Like how far away the unarmed Sean was from the, presumably well-trained, armed officer when he chose to kill him. Was it far enough away to give the officer a commendation for long distance marksmanship?
But the killer is a member of an organization that has a history of promoting officers who fail the humanity test and of shielding those who are complicit in trampling over peoples human rights, especially women’s rights. Note the Undercover Policing Inquiry which will probably issue its findings next century. All it appears to have done since 2013 is grant anonymity to police officers and give employment to a number of people at the tax payer’s expense.
Let us not forget the tactics that led to the scandalous abandoning of the disciplinary hearings against those officers on duty at the time of the death of Leon Briggs who collapsed whilst in police custody, where a 7 year delay denied any justice to him and his family.
Police immunity in action yet again.
Derek,
Thank you for the detailed response.
Of course that is only one side of the coin. I will do a search to see if the other side is online.
I am surprised to see that there are some points that we agree on e.g some senior police officers using nasty underhand tactics to further their careers.
The problem is that we, the public, do not know who they are. That is why I take the view that, when faced with a situation where my freedom might be in jeopardy, I think it safest to assume that the police are not my fiends.
Thank you for the detailed response.
Of course that is only one side of the coin. I will do a search to see if the other side is online.
I am surprised to see that there are some points that we agree on e.g some senior police officers using nasty underhand tactics to further their careers.
The problem is that we, the public, do not know who they are. That is why I take the view that, when faced with a situation where my freedom might be in jeopardy, I think it safest to assume that the police are not my fiends.
Drumroll said:
You don't even live in this country so I don't think "we the public" really applies to you.
Maybe if you were talking about the Belgium police you may have a point. As a matter of interest do you use other forums to complain about the Belgium police?
Flanders is a great place to live and so far I have no quarrel with the police here. Since I am liable to pay UK taxes on my UK pension I do feel I am part of the public whether I live in the UK or not. Tough if you do not like it.Maybe if you were talking about the Belgium police you may have a point. As a matter of interest do you use other forums to complain about the Belgium police?
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