- Conference
- 2019 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 16 May 2019
- Decision
- Carried
IOPC investigations continue to be an area of concern to our members. Very often the involvement in these investigations is a cause of great anxiety. Members are always concerned and worried about the potential outcomes of such investigations which is often the cause of the anxiety. Reassurance is of vital importance to members who are subject of investigation together with information about the process and their rights within it. UNISON in partnership with the IOPC produced a document that provided information and reassurance to members and activists when dealing with these investigations. The fact that members could see that UNISON had been involved with the setting up of these procedures was of great comfort.
Conference therefore calls upon the Service Group Executive (SGE) to:
1)Seek to produce a guide to police staff investigations in partnership with the IOPC;
2)Seek to produce a guide on the process/procedure of an investigation in partnership with the IOPC, to include the role of the representative and the investigator with an emphasis on the fair use of equipment and the rights of members and representatives.