Police: Sexual Offences

(asked on 2nd November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that correct procedure is followed when members of the police force raise sexual misconduct allegations against their colleagues.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 8th November 2021

Serious sexual offences, must by law, be referred to the IOPC under the mandatory referral criteria.

The Home Secretary has commissioned Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS) to carry out an urgent thematic inspection of vetting and counter-corruption procedures in policing across England and Wales – including forces’ ability to detect and deal with misogynistic and predatory behaviour. Initial findings are due by the end of the year.

The Home Secretary has also announced a two-part inquiry to ensure that policing learns the lessons from the Sarah Everard murder. Part one will look specifically at Wayne Couzens’ tenure in the Metropolitan Police Service and part two can look at wider issues across policing including, but not limited to, vetting practices, professional standards and discipline and workplace behaviour.’

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