| Date | Category | Guidance | Changes |
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| Engagement and communication | Police under investigation | 15/08/2025 - removed the word 'gender' from the section called 'criminal investigations'. |
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| Engagement and communication | Police under investigation | Link to IOPC naming policy added. |
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| Engagement and communication | Police under investigation | Paragraph deleted: 'Before a misconduct hearing takes place, only basic information about the issue involved and the subsequent allegations are made available so as to avoid the force being seen to prejudge a case. Further details would only be released if the media have inaccurate information regarding a case that needs to be corrected or if such information may lessen community concern or tension. Otherwise, details will be proactively provided of the allegations faced and the date of proceedings, along with an explanation of how misconduct hearings generally work. The panel is constituted of one legally qualified chair, one independent member and one officer of superintending rank or above. At the conclusion of a misconduct hearing, there is a requirement that the outcome of a case is published within a predetermined timeframe. The legally qualified chair may impose conditions on what may be published. If an appeal is successful and leads to a decision being made to reinstate an officer after a previous sanction of dismissal, this should be reflected in updated media lines. If the result of the misconduct hearing had previously been offered to the media or the matter resulted in publicity, then the result of the appeal should also be proactively released' |
