Police complaints, investigations and misconduct - legislation proposals: consultation analysis

Independent analysis of responses to the public consultation on legislative proposals relating to police complaints, investigations and misconduct which ran from 24 May to 16 August 2022.


Footnotes

1. Police Complaints, Investigations and Misconduct: A Consultation on Legislation (Scottish Government, 2022), https://www.gov.scot/publications/police-complaints-investigations-misconduct-consultation-legislation/

2. Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing (Dame Elish Angiolini, 2020), https://www.gov.scot/publications/independent-review-complaints-handling-investigations-misconduct-issues-relation-policing/

3. Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing (Dame Elish Angiolini, 2020): https://www.gov.scot/publications/independent-review-complaints-handling-investigations-misconduct-issues-relation-policing/

4. Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing - Preliminary Report (Dame Elish Angiolini, 2019): https://www.gov.scot/publications/preliminary-report-independent-review-complaints-handling-investigations-misconduct-issues-relation-policing/

5. Response from the Scottish Government and Crown Office to the Independent Review (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Lord Advocate, 2021): https://archive2021.parliament.scot/S5_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/20210205_SG_COPFS_Response.pdf

6. Implementation of Recommendations: Thematic Progress Report (Scottish Government, 2022): https://www.gov.scot/publications/complaints-investigations-misconduct-policing-implementation-recommendations-thematic-progress-report-june-2022/

7. Police Complaints, Investigations and Misconduct: A Consultation on Legislation (Scottish Government, 2022). See: https://www.gov.scot/publications/police-complaints-investigations-misconduct-consultation-legislation/

8. While the Scottish Government acknowledges that this should now be His Majesty the King, the consultation specifically asked about Her Majesty the Queen.

9. Report of the Independent Review of Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody (Dame Elish Angiolini, 2017): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/deaths-and-serious-incidents-in-police-custody

10. Due to an error on the online consultation form, some respondents were able to provide comments to this question multiple times while others were not.

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