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UK: Police officers escaping punishment by resigning
Hundreds of police officers accused of misconduct are escaping punishment by
quietly resigning, according to a BBC Panorama investigation.
At least 489 officers from 47 forces facing misconduct action were allowed to
discreetly leave through the 'back door' between 2008 and 2010, the programme
found.
There were 1,915 guilty findings against officers for misconduct over the same
period.
One fifth of officers who were given punishments - 382 all told - were dismissed
or required to resign, Panorama found through Freedom of Information (FoI)
requests made to the UK's 53 forces over the two years.
Campaigners called for more accountability among forces.
Lawyer Jocelyn Cockburn, who handles cases involving complaints against police,
said there were risks in letting officers avoid sanctions by leaving.
"If they are allowed to leave the police without any stain on their character then
there is the chance they will go and work in another force, and that does happen,"
she said.
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Peter Fahy, speaking on behalf of the
Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), said corrupt officers were damaging
community confidence and undermining their counterparts who were doing their
job ethically.
"There have always been a small number of individuals who fail to uphold the
professional standards required of them and their actions harm the reputation of
the huge majority of the 140,000 officers who serve their communities with
commitment and integrity," Fahy said.
"No-one in the service wants officers who are clearly incompetent or corrupt to
remain within the organisation.
"If such an officer remains suspended on full pay for a protracted period, it may
have a damaging impact on public confidence."
He said there was a "judgement to be made" about whether officers should be
taken off the payroll and out of the force through a "long, drawn out and potentially
costly procedure".
"As a service, we need to ensure that complaints and misconduct are dealt with to
the satisfaction of the victim involved as well as making sure that officers who we
know to be guilty are removed as quickly as possible," he said.
"Cases of misconduct are closely scrutinised by police authorities and they
receive regular updates on the progress of investigations."
The IPCC handles public complaints and only plays a role in very few, serious
misconduct cases.
It can make a misconduct finding, but does not have the power to punish, with that
being left up to the officer's own force.
"There is no overall body that has responsibility for the police misconduct system
other than the Home Office, I dare say, " IPCC deputy chair Deborah Glass said.
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