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PERJURY, corruption and harrassment are just some of the allegations police officers made against their colleagues in Waltham Forest, the Guardian can reveal.
Half the complaints made by officers over the last two years were upheld.
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Police disciplined for cell de
Five police staff have been disciplined for failing to care for a drunk man who died after being left in a cell for 10 hours, police said.
Tony Davis, a well-known heavy drinker in Swanage, Dorset, was arrested on the town's seafront on 12 October, 2004.
He was taken to Poole police station and later found lying on the floor of his cell without a blanket, soaked by his own urine.
He was taken to Poole Hospital, where he died of hypothermia.
The decision to admit Mr Davis to hospital was taken ten hours after he had been brought in - and only after a police surgeon was called in and failed to detect a temperature.
Hampshire police carried out an investigation into his death on behalf of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The report concluded in January this year that Dorset Police custody officers in Poole had failed in their duty of care to Mr Davis.
A police inspector, two sergeants and two male detention officers have now been disciplined after a series of misconduct hearings, Dorset Police said.
A male custody inspector was fined 13 days' pay, the maximum possible under police regulations, for neglect in the performance of his duties.
Two male custody sergeants were found guilty of neglect in the performance of their duties.
One of them was reprimanded and the other is to be issued with a written warning.
Individual failings
Two male civilian police staff detention officers were found guilty of gross misconduct and were each given a final written warning regarding the performance of their duties.
A third male civilian police staff detention officer resigned from his post before a disciplinary hearing was held.
Supt Colin Stanger, head of Dorset Police's professional standards department, said Mr Davis's death "regrettably" highlighted individual failings in the force.
"This was a tragic case and our thoughts are with the family of Mr Davis," he said.
"We have already carried out a thorough review of our policies, procedures and training and have implemented a number of changes to ensure the continued safety of those people held in custody.
"Standards at our Poole cells have been improved and plans are well advanced for the building of two new custody suites - one at Poole and the other in Bournemouth.
"Police cells are, however, not appropriate places for the treatment of people under the influence of alcohol and Dorset Police is also close to agreeing a protocol whereby such people are appropriately treated within a medical setting."
A narrative verdict was recorded in January this year into the death of Mr Davis, who was an alcoholic.
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