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UK: Police Sergeant guilty of race hate keeps his job
A police sergeant convicted of a race hate crime against a fellow officer has kept his job, The Herald can reveal.
Strathclyde’s Gavin Ross was fined £500 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court last year after being found guilty of racially abusing an Asian colleague at a Christmas night out.
However, the licensing sergeant has been told he can continue at his current position and rank after an internal police misconduct hearing.
His victim, Sergeant Amar Shakoor, last night said he was “deeply disappointed” with the punishment meted out to Mr Ross, who has had to forgo an ant... Read more
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O'Laon's office denies harassing retired cops
Retired police officers are calling for a Government inquiry into the conduct of the Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan's office.
Former cops claim they are being "harassed" by investigators from the Ombudsman's office - a claim totally denied by Mrs O'Loan's office.
The Retired Police Officer's Association has now written to the Cabinet Office in London with their demands after receiving what they regard as the brush off from Secretary of State Peter Hain.
In the letter to Whitehall, the association argues the Government must conduct an "effective" probe into its concerns to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights after Peter Hain failed to act on their complaints.
The RPOA's chairman David Turkington wrote to Mr Hain in September accusing the Police Ombudsman of harassing former RUC officers "at every opportunity by letter and in person", and claiming that many former police officers were being treated for stress related disorders as a result.
Mr Turkington claimed that in the absence of any substantive criminal offence being uncovered by the Ombudsman's investigators, her office was using the charge of malfeasance in public office "as a cover for investigations".
He said he feared that many of his members are being compelled by the Ombudsman's actions to consider breaching the Official Secrets Act "if only to counter the relentless tide of leaks and media speculation which surround the discharge by the Police Ombudsman of her function".
But the RPOA was angered by an undated response from the Northern Ireland Secretary's office in October which even presented his name as "Peter Main".
The RPOA claim the letter sent from Peter Hain's office indicates that its complaint wasn't given "any serious consideration or personal attention" .
It has now written to the Propriety and Ethics Team at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall to ask it to launch an enquiry into the Ombudsman's actions.
The RPOA argues that under Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights, there must be an "effective remedy" available to those who complain about senior public servants and their administrations. It claims Mr Hain's office has failed to provide effective accountability for Mrs O'Loan's role, which it argues has been expanded beyond the original remit intended and defies Cabinet Office guidelines for such schemes.
In a statement a spokesman for the Police Ombudsman said: "We have repeatedly asked the retired officers group to come and talk to us, but so far they have not responded. We do not harass anyone. In a recent survey 95 pc of police officers we investigated thought our staff polite but professional.
"We take great care to exercise similar high standards with retired officers and try to allay any concerns they have.
"The Police Ombudsman must and does act within the law. We do not generally court the media. Sometimes, like now, other people focus the spotlight on us."
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